The Gauteng Department of Transport has added a new low cost mode of transport to its public transport mix. Speaking at the launch of the new cargo e-bike, MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi descried the new low cost entry into the transport...
A new approach to accelerate progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals for Water and Sanitation was launched on Wednesday to coincide with World Water Day. Backed by the Global Water Leader Group and the World Economic Forum’s Global...
The South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference (SATMC) plans to take its complaint against cheap tyre imports to SA’s International Trade Administration Commission. “When our market is flooded with inferior-quality imports, nobody...
Researchers have developed a water purification tablet comprised of nano particles that can be used by developing world communities with no access to clean water. The tablet, Madi Drop, invented by PureMadi was presented at the organisation’s...
Roger Price, the chief executive officer of Windlab, says that with the electricity price of 97 cents per kWh for Eskom’s new coal-fired power stations, wind has become the cheapest form of electricity generation, with an average price of 89 cents...
THE government’s massive infrastructure drive has gone from simple planning to the first stages of implementation, but help is needed in getting some of the projects going, delegates to the Presidential Infrastructure Investment Conference heard on...
Harvesting rainwater could be the sensible option for people who do not have the financial means to pay municipal water bills in urban areas, or those who simply want to conserve the finite resource. There has been a perception, albeit wrong, that...
Water losses, mostly caused by leaking or broken pipes and infrastructure, are untenably high in most South African cities. Part of the remedy is the repair and replacement of collapsing pipelines. Kirsten Kelly talks to Jan Venter, CEO of the...
Solar power has emerged as the top choice for homeowners looking to reduce their grid electricity costs in the face of massive multi-year tariff hikes, as well as escape the crippling impact of power outages as a result of crumbling municipal...
