Cape Town’s Silo District played host to the 12th annual SAPRO Awards for the Best Recycled Plastic Products on 21 August 2026, with MAK Plastics taking the night’s top honour as South Africa’s plastics recycling industry showcased how...
The Greater Protea Glen Transport Master Plan, commissioned by the City of Johannesburg’s Transport Department and implemented through the Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), has been selected as a finalist in the 2026 South African Institution...
Water stored in dams and reservoirs for humans to use often evaporates, especially in hot regions like southern Africa. Rising temperatures speed evaporation up, leaving less water for people, farming and industry. Daniel Kwasi Kpeglo has just...
Through a formalised strategic partnership between the Departments of Tourism and Public Works and Infrastructure, government will unlock investment in tourism infrastructure and drive economic growth. “If we want tourism to make an even greater...
The City of Johannesburg’s Environment and Infrastructure Services Department (EISD), alongside international and local development partners, officially concluded the Scaling Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa...
By Garyn Rapson, partner and Gwen Mathebula, associate from Webber Wentzel  On 24 April 2026, the Minister of Water and Sanitation published Government Notice 7408, requiring all unregistered water users to register within 90 days of publication,...
Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, has strengthened its waste collection capacity with the addition of nine new 19-cubic metre Rear End Loader (REL) compactor trucks to improve operational capacity and support waste...
By Fenji Materechera-Mitochi, Sustainability Researcher, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University and Matthew Weaver, Researcher, ARUA Water Centre of Excellence, Institute for Water Research, Rhodes University. South Africa’s commercial...
By Gcina Ntsaluba and Chuma Ntshingana The Eastern Cape Department of Education (ECDoE) admitted in the Makhanda High Court on Wednesday that it was unlawful and unconstitutional to withhold billions of rands from public schools. But the schools...
For 20 years, Ya Bana Children’s Village has provided a stable, nurturing sanctuary for vulnerable and abandoned children. Yet, as older children move between the village and the outside world – attending school and visiting family – the facility...
