As the SU Wordfees (Wordfest) takes place in Stellenbosch, university students along with scholars from local schools will team up again for the Trees for Words project in an effort to reduce the carbon footprint of the event. Some 500 “spekbome”,...
Just over one kilogram of health care waste is generated per person in hospitals daily; how is the country managing to cope with this? This is just one of the many challenges that the health care industry is being faced with. Yesterday – 6 March...
Brendan van Wyk, business development manager: pulp and paper at Xylem Water Solutions South Africa, caught industry leaders’ attention with his contribution to an internationally published paper, titled “A Breakthrough in Eucalyptus Pulp...
The description of how paper is recycled from collecting, separating, processes in recycling factory until the finish product that we use everyday.
Plastics|SAis proud to welcome Isabelle Brettenny as the new regional training manager for the Western Cape, with effect from 1 March 2013. Isabelle will be based at the Maitland office. Education and career highlights She obtained her Bachelor of...
Weekly state of reservoirs report as on 4th March 2013. Click below for the report: weekly
A severe shortage of skills in the South African logistics industry is effecting how the country responds to the demands of global logistics. According to Detlev Duve, MD of Dachser South Africa, areas that are critical and short of skills need to...
The Road Accident Fund (RAF) Amendment Act, which took effect in August 2008, has created various challenges and confusion for transport users and operators, most notably on the issue of third-party liability. Without any clarity or legal...
Fuel is playing an increasingly vital role in the transport industry, as it forms a majorpart of the costs involved in operating a truck. “It is becoming all the more important for customers to carefully consider the fuel consumption statistics of...
Report on the Borderless Conference, held in Accra, Ghana, on21ST – 22ND February 2013 Borderless Alliance is a private sector-driven organization, partnered with regional organizations such as UEMOA, USAID, EU, West Africa Trade Hub, etc. and made...
