President Cyril Ramaphosa has indicated that renewable energy can be the answer to the country’s energy supply needs. In his State of the Nation last week, he admitted that load shedding is the inevitable consequence of Eskom’s inability to service its power plants over many years.
By 2030, South Africa will generate an estimated 750,000 tonnes of electronic waste (e-waste) each year, a staggering figure for a country still struggling to divert even a fraction of its refuse from landfill. Despite a national ban on the...
Against the backdrop of South Africa’s deepening waste crisis, one organisation making a marked difference is the Eastern Cape branch of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) at their 2026 Waste Conference taking place on 7-...
The Western Cape IWMSA branch is hosting a “Circular Economy – Introduction to Systems that are Beyond Waste” virtual training session to enable attendees to rethink the waste management sector and envision a materials management...