Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual National Safety Awards competition at its Annual Congress at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre on 9 September 2019. “We congratulate the winners – their...
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on consumers to adopt a culture of paying their electricity bills, in order to lessen the burden of debt faced by municipalities. The Deputy President said this during the National Council of Provinces...
Pollution is at the top of the agenda at the Lekgotla being held in Kimberley. The Environment Forestry and Fisheries Department has convened a meeting that will come up with ways to enforce environmental by-laws. It’s a three day meeting...
South Africa’s waste management approach faces numerous challenges, particularly as environmentalists call for traditional waste processing measures to be done away with. Limited resources, population growth and poor infrastructure are increasingly...
Participants who took part in the 10th annual Peninsula Paddle were left stunned at the amount of plastic that is suffocating a section of the Black River. Each year the Peninsula Paddle brings together individuals from all over the Mother City....
Compostable and biodegradable plastics could add to marine pollution because there is no infrastructure in place to make sure they break down correctly. This is according to experts, who were warning the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
Energy has played an enabling role in each of the past industrial revolutions, and the fourth is no different. But instead of powering factory machinery and steam engines, it is powering everything from communication backbone to access networks,...
In a groundbreaking, market-leading initiative, Shisalanga Construction – a majority owned subsidiary of Raubex Group Limited – has paved a South African road using a locally recycled plastic compound as part of the asphalt formula ingredient. On...
Starting from 10 September, 200 tons of “plastic road” is due to be laid on a stretch of the N3 highway in KwaZulu-Natal. The recycled plastic is used as a binder ingredient in the asphalt and replaces a percentage of bitumen, while...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) could help to overcome poor transport infrastructure, as only one-third of Africans live within 2 kilometers of an all-weather road. Making sure that the remaining two-thirds have access to decent roads will...
