The first Brics summit on African soil has ended with an agreement to start formal negotiations to establish a development bank for the group. However, details are limited about where it will be located and how much each member country will have to...
In mid-March, COMPETE and the Kenyan Ministry of Trade (MoT) conducted two cross-border traders sensitization and joint border committee capacity building workshops at Malaba and Busia. The objective of the workshops was to inform small-scale,...
Road traffic officials said around 2, 000 vehicles were being recorded every hour on major highways to Gauteng. To crack down on drunk driving and unroadworthy vehicles traffic officers have arranged a number of roadblocks.
Weekly State of Reservoirs on 2013.03.25. Click on the below link for the report: Weekly
The City of Johannesburg’s draft Integrated Development Plan (IDP) 2013/2016,which was tabled at a recent council has been published for public comments until 25 April 2013 and can be downloaded on the link below:...
Keeping in line with its ongoing investigations into minimising waste in Cape Town, the city’s Utility Services Directorate has started Phase Two of its Home-Composting Research Project. This phase saw 700 home-composting containers being delivered...
The City of Cape Town has again come under fire for its handling of an operation to rescue 20 beached whales. Only one of the mammals survived the ordeal. The rest either died naturally or were euthanised. Marine NGOs say their offers of advice...
While NEPAD’s bioenergy policy is geared towards the increased use of renewable energy and the development of mega energy infrastructure for the African continent, Africa cannot afford development models where growth is not synonymous with economic...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) on Tuesday 26 March urged all industries in the region operating a scheduled process to renew their atmospheric emission licence in order to comply with the requirements of Section 21 of the National...
Pictured: Anton Hanekom Exec Dir Plastics SA and Freek Robinson Role players and decision makers in the South African plastics industry made use of the opportunity to air their views on matters relating to the growth of the industry, sustainability...
