Over the past month, copper cables and metal to the value of R2 million have been stolen from the Forest Hill train depot in Port Elizabeth. According to police spokesman Captain Stanley Jarvis, the cables and metal were taken from an electrical...
The UAE flag carrier’s new Safeguard service is designed to support the requirements of global security service companies, freight forwarders, companies and individuals who need to dispatch valuable goods such as precious metals and stones,...
The Vice President of the Institute of Waste Management of South Africa and principle researcher with the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Dr Suzan Oelofse, says that more than 9 million tonnes of food waste is generated per year in...
The Department of Energy has announced the postponement of the closing of the third window of bid submissions for the Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). The closure, which should have taken place at the start of October...
The Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa (SESSA) says that Germany’s solar-heating growth path, which was on a steady upward trajectory, has hit a speed bump and that country’s environment minister Peter Altmaier has had to put the brakes...
African farmers are finding new ways to cope with droughts, erosion and other ravages of climate change but need to develop even more techniques to thrive in an increasingly uncertain environment, scientists said on Friday last week. Smallholders...
Energy remains the biggest challenge for development in Africa. Infrastructure is lacking or outdated and not maintained; the rate of urbanisation and the resulting increase in power usage has burdened utilities and finally, the growth in mines and...
National Recycling and Clean-up Week has seen South African companies in the industry pull together and come out in their droves with various projects. Cape-based Tuffy Brands, which manufacturers of 100% recycled refuse bags, signed a partnership...
A new power plant in the eastern Senegalese village of Kalom is generating electricity, income and well-being. Powered by agricultural waste, the station has lit up homes, lightened women’s domestic burdens and even put a little money in some...
If you care about nature and the well-being of our Earth and are willing to demonstrate your care through your consumer spending, then the Eco-Logic Awards Gala dinner on Thursday, 27 September at the Maropeng Centre in the Cradle of Humankind is...
