The Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, David Mahlobo has heaped praises of Johannesburg Water and the management of Northern Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) for doing a diligent job in keeping it clean and functioning optimally. Mahlobo...
Within seven days of the end of national lockdown, the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries is due to release its report on the greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions pertaining to South Africa’s largest polluters. By Eckart Zollner, Head of...
The Department of Water and Sanitation working with the Department of Education in Eastern Cape is continuing to roll-out of water tanks, in its efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The second phase of the roll-out is aimed at the...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has sped-up the resumption of advanced infrastructure works in the Phase II of the LHWP with the beginning of excavation works of two diversion tunnels. The two tunnels will divert the waters of...
By 2050, the amount of e-waste will more than double to 120 million metric tons a year if nothing is done to tackle this massive problem. However, data erasure could be the answer, but only if processes are implemented as part of its Corporate...
Giving women access to safe and clean water could be what South Africa needs to have a thriving future. That’s according to Amnesty International South Africa, which says women are the ones who mostly suffer the consequences of lack of water...
As business and manufactures start to reopen, many retain their objectives of “zero waste to landfill”. This goal acknowledges that it is not possible to produce no waste at all, but instead requires companies to look at their waste streams and...
The South African plastics industry has welcomed the recent findings released by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), confirming that reusable, plastic shopping bags have the lowest environmental footprint compared to carrier...
As construction sites reopen on condition that all Covid-19 health and safety measures are adhered to, contractors may be able to recover some of the delays incurred and cost of implementing these new health and safety measures, according to...
The Covid-19 pandemic and resultant lockdown to curb the spread of the virus in South Africa has had an immense impact on every business sector, and its effect is likely to be felt long after lockdown has been lifted. By Eckart Zollner Head of...
