Despite the rains in different parts of the country, the average national dam levels remains steady this week at 62.4%. Recent heavy rains in the Northern Cape have resulted in a huge increase of dam levels to 80.9%. These dams were sitting at...
Initiatives like the newly launched and game-changing South African (SA) Plastics Pact aims to tackle the plastic pollution problem head on, by keeping plastics ‘in the economy and out of the environment’. Launched on the 30th of...
Local construction projects are being impacted by indefinitely delayed shipments of construction material due to the coronavirus. This is according to Natalie Reyneke, a director at MDA Attorneys. “Our clients are receiving delayed shipment...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has expressed concern about the poor condition of municipal infrastructure for water reticulation, which has adverse consequences on the quality of service delivery. The performance of reticulation...
Water plays an integral part in key sector like mining and agriculture but South Africa has been dismal at taking care of water reserves and as a water-scarce country government needs to act urgently to remedy the situation. Source:...
The South African Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe recently announced that Schedule 2 of the Electricity Regulation Act (ERA) was currently being revised. The revisions will accommodate “self-generation and facilitate...
Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) is calling on President Cyril Ramaphosa in his upcoming State of the Nation Address (SONA) to deal with the slow pace of change in addressing both policy and political uncertainty in the country. “Further...
By Gillian Niven and Paula-Ann Novotny There has been much discussion following Minister Mantashe’s statements at the 26th Investing in Africa Mining Indaba relating to forthcoming legislative amendments which would allow mining companies to...
The construction of the first of nine new regional waste disposal facilities in the Western Cape has started in Mossel Bay. The new facility will serve multiple municipalities along the Garden Route and is aimed at...
The award-winning Mariannhill Landfill site is facing imminent closure. eThekwini Municipality has terminated some of its operations and will only accept garden waste, cover material and builders’ rubble at the landfill due to the dwindling...
