Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Partial road closing are occurring throughout Addis as the construction of new light rail begins. State owned Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) and the Addis Ababa City Traffic Police announced that the road from...
Pretoria – Mercedes-Benz group of companies in South Africa (MBSA) were proud participants during the sod turning ceremony of the Boysen Group at the East London Industrial Zone (ELIDZ) Automotive Park today. The German-based exhaust technology...
According to Maritime Executive website, ports authorities and terminal operators from over 11 African countries will meet in Cape Town to participate in the African Ports Evolution 2012 Forum, aiming to develop collaborative approaches to ports...
After a total of 19 days of strike action and over 4 months of negotiations, parties finally managed to settle the dispute with a THREE YEAR DEAL, which will be implemented on 1 March 2013, subject to the Minister of Labour promulgating and...
On Tuesday evening, Dierdre Nxumalo-Freeman, new President of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA), officially opened the Institute’s biannual conference and exhibition, WasteCon. The event is being held in the ICC in East...
According to Plastics|SA’s third annual survey of the plastics recycling industry in South Africa, the recycling of plastics has demonstrated a year-on-year increase in the total tonnage being converted since the survey in 2009. In 2011 South...
History will be made this week when Ekurhuleni launches the first and only solar plant of its kind in the country. The solar power plant produces about 200 kW of electricity through 860 PV (photovoltaic) solar panels on 2 500 m² of land generating...
Polystyrene recycling is becoming a strong focus in South Africa and last week, we reported on an initiative in Pretoria East for kerbside collections of this waste, along with the Polystyrene Packaging Council. Now it seems that chemists in the...
The PwC Global 500 report was recently released and the results of that research indicated that the Global 500 companies of the world were not implementing long-term carbon reduction programmes to the degree where the effects of climate change...
The enforcement of the management of waste disposal is still a problem in South Africa, according to Deputy Water Affairs Minister Rejoice Mabudafhasi on Monday. “A lot of progress has been made in terms of waste management since last year, but the...
