If you’re one of the people helping South Africa keep 1.2 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging out of landfill, make sure you are doing this one thing – keep it dry and separate from wet waste. “Paper recycling – whether at home,...
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has welcomed the Constitutional Court’s decision to uphold the City’s application to invalidate the Public Procurement Act, which the Mayor has warned would slow down local service delivery and undermine the...
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, has officially opened the upgraded R568 Road in Bronkhorstspruit, Tshwane, marking the completion of a major road infrastructure project to improve mobility, road safety and connectivity....
As the effects of El Niño place additional pressure on the region’s water resources and supply systems, Johannesburg Water is strengthening its interventions to manage demand and safeguard the stability of water supply across the City of...
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation, led by Minister Pemmy Majodina and Deputy Minister David Mahlobo convened an urgent meeting on Monday 14 September 2026, with Rand Water, the Gauteng Provincial Government, Emfuleni Local Municipality (LM), the...
Enoch Godongwana, South Africa’s finance minister, spoke this week about the country’s infrastructure backlog, admitting that our country lacks a proper infrastructure plan, not money. He pointed out that there’s more than R20 billion...
The Wadeville Action Group (WAG) is calling on environmental organisations, conservation bodies, government authorities and the media to urgently investigate an ongoing sewer infrastructure failure that is impacting the Wadeville industrial area...
South Africa loses nearly half (47.3%) of all municipal water supplied through leaks, infrastructure failures and other non-revenue losses, while copper theft is estimated to cost the economy more than R45 billion a year and road maintenance...
Excitement is building as the opening of WasteCon 2026 rapidly approaches. This, the flagship conference of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), will be held at Emperors Palace from 20 to 22 October, under the banner...
The City’s Energy Directorate spent approximately R75 million on infrastructure repairs and replacements resulting from vandalism and theft over the 2025/26 financial year. The City continues to invest significantly in its infrastructure programme...
