The 71st Council of the Global Environment Facility (GEF) concluded in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, with landmark decisions that will boost international environmental finance through 2030. Meeting alongside the Councils for the Least Developed Countries...
For decades, landfills have carried the blame for the failures of waste management systems; odour, pollution, groundwater risks, methane emissions, and the visible reminder of “wastefulness.” But landfills do not create waste; they merely receive...
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has urged residents, businesses, motorists and other stakeholders to exercise extreme caution after the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a Level 5 warning for disruptive rainfall expected on Wednesday and...
Government is prepared to strengthen regulation and enforcement against plastic pollution, including targeting companies that fail to comply with waste management obligations, says Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister Willie Aucamp....
President Cyril Ramaphosa says government will intensify efforts to grow the economy, create jobs and attract investment, despite growing global uncertainties that threaten South Africa’s economic recovery. Delivering the Presidency Budget Vote in...
Across South Africa, roads crumble, wastewater systems fail, refuse accumulates and infrastructure projects stall midway through completion. Increasingly, many citizens are asking the same question: What is happening to our municipalities?...
South Africa’s growing water insecurity has moved from an environmental concern to a central economic and regulatory challenge. Deteriorating infrastructure, recurring supply disruptions, unlawful water use and increasing pressure on...
It is forgivable to think that an oil shock mainly hurts at the petrol pump. After all, that is where households feel it first. But when my colleagues and I at the Bureau for Economic Research started digging through South Africa’s fuel data, a...
Mpumalanga Province has emerged victorious at the 2026 South African Youth Water Prize (SAYWP) national competition held in Kempton Park, Gauteng, 29 May 2026, with a 17-year-old Sinenhlanhla Sikhulile Nkosi from Sintintile Secondary School in...
The Association of Water and Sanitation Institutions of South Africa (AWSISA) welcomes the establishment of the National Water Resources Infrastructure Agency (NWRIA) as a bold and visionary intervention that will fundamentally reshape South...
