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...
In less than a year after being awarded under the DMRE’s Energy Storage Independent Power Producers Procurement Programme (ESIPPPP), the Oasis 1: Mookodi battery energy storage systems (BESS) project reached commercial close on 16 October 2024,...
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality Mayor, Gary van Niekerk, has hailed the launch of a R68 million water treatment plant at Orion Engineered Carbons South Africa as a major boost for water conservation. Based in Deal Party, Gqeberha, the only carbon...