Van Jones lays out a case against plastic pollution from the perspective of social justice. Because plastic trash, he shows us, hits poor people and poor countries ‘first and worst’, with consequences we all share no matter where we live and what...
Bell Equipment has exceeded expectations with its half year results recording an increase in sales of 35% compared with the same period last year, reaffirming its position as a leading heavy equipment manufacturer and supplier in the South African...
Energy efficiency is fast becoming an important item on the South African corporate agenda, for a number of reasons. While some organisations have taken this to heart with the implementation of Green Star energy rated buildings, and many...
Toilets that use microwave energy to transform human waste into electricity. Another captures urine and uses it for flushing. And still another turns excrement into charcoal. These aren’t your typical loos – they are part of a Bill & Melinda...
The internationally renowned renewable energy expert, Christine Wörlen, is delivering the keynote address at the upcoming Clean Power Africa conference and exhibition in Cape Town in September. The event will focus on new opportunities in the...
Aurecon has moved up five places in the internationally recognised Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 150 Global Design Firms 2012 rankings to occupy the 37th position in the world. In addition, they group maintained its rankings as number four in...
The eleventh annual South Africa’s Most Influential Women in Business and Government (MiW) Awards, presented by CEO Communications, took place at a dazzling gala event on 26 July 2012 at Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand. The awards once again...
A whopping 30MW annually could be saved by cash-conscious South African municipalities should their water treatment plants decide to switch off Eskom and switch on the electricity-generating potential of methane-rich biogas. That’s according...
All roads will today lead to the Rietvlei Nature Reserve where the topic A clean and green city will be discussed with various stakeholders including environmental experts and activists as part of the Tshwane Growth and Development Strategy (GDS)...
It was with great interest that the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has followed the Auditor General’s discussion on the state of the audits of local authorities in South Africa. The report is cross-cutting and has reference...
