By Dikeledi Molobela Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina has called for sustained leadership and investment in Africa’s water sector, saying the continent’s development, climate resilience and economic growth depend on closing the water...
Water affects almost every part of daily life: drinking, sanitation, food production, health, jobs and the natural environment. Yet in South Africa, three million people don’t have clean running water, and 14 million have no flushing toilets....
In a waterfront settlement in Lagos, Nigeria, I watched from the shoreline as two men worked a stretch of lagoon from their canoe. One held the boat steady. The other dived underwater a few metres, then surfaced with a bucket full of sand, emptied...
Governance in South Africa’s crisis economy – to use the media newsrooms’ terminology for our current state of affairs – is hiccupping along. There is an ongoing tug of war between the good governance and the opposing poor governance...
Polyco PRO NPC and uMngeni Local Municipality have officially launched a partnership aimed at strengthening recycling and waste management in Mpophomeni through community clean-ups, school recycling initiatives, improved collection infrastructure...
Across South Africa, natural springs are more than sources of freshwater. Some are places of healing, spiritual cleansing and rituals, where communities collect water and maintain longstanding cultural connections with the environment. For example,...
South African entrepreneurs are operating in one of the world’s most challenging business environments. Despite strong entrepreneurial ambition, the country’s business support environment continues to lag global peers. The recent Global...
Three Tiger Brands manufacturing facilities have achieved zero waste to landfill for three consecutive months: the Beverages plant and Home and Personal Care plant in Gauteng, and the Jungle cereals plant in Cape Town. Collectively, the sites have...
The WMO State of Global Water Resources report is a comprehensive science-based annual assessment of the hydrological cycle and extreme events in 2025 and over the past five years. 2025 was one of driest years for river discharge in 35 years Past 7...
If you’re one of the people helping South Africa keep 1.2 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging out of landfill, make sure you are doing this one thing – keep it dry and separate from wet waste. “Paper recycling – whether at home,...
