More than 12 million tonnes of paper and paper packaging have been recovered in South Africa for recycling during the past decade. The overall paper collection rate in 2018 of 71.7% is comparable with the most successful countries globally. This,...
A global study on single-use plastics and recycling found three in four consumers want to buy products wrapped in as little packaging as possible. The 28-country Ipsos survey, conducted during July and August, interviewed 9 515 adults, aged 18 to...
Going Green – and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Source: SABC Digital...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has provided finance to the Government of Mozambique’s national energy utility, Electricidade De Mocambique, “EDM”. The national utility has received a senior debt loan facility of US$81.30m from the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has said that dams would be assessed when the rainy weather has subsided to see where the levels stood. A few weeks ago, there were concerns after the Vaal Dam, which provides water for most of Gauteng...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has requested that the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) resubmit a report containing industry views on issues faced by the industry and recommendations on how to solve those...
South Africans are experiencing stage six of load-shedding, with many residents upset over the rolling blackouts. However, what impact does load shedding have on the economy? Source:...
First National Bank (FNB) and the Bureau for Economic Research (BER) says construction activity has continued to improve in the fourth quarter of the year. The Civil Confidence Index rose to 22 in the fourth quarter, the first time since the second...
As the downpours continue unabated, the Department of Water And Sanitation would like to caution Gauteng residents against crossing flooded rivers and bridges in the next two days. Hennops River in Centurion, south of Pretoria is already flooded...
The 2020 WISA Conference calls for #allhandsondeck to address the looming water crisis caused by insufficient water infrastructure maintenance and investment, climatic variation, inequities in access to services, deteriorating raw water quality,...
