South Africa seems to be on the right path with recycling plastic. According to a study by Plastics South Africa, a body representing the South African plastics industry, more than 519,370 tons of plastic waste was collected for recycling in 2018....
Gansbaai in the Western Cape is struggling to cope with refuse spilling into the sea but marine biologists are fighting back. They have installed a litter catching storm water net, the first of what they hope will be many. Source:...
Informal waste pickers recycle 90% of the recyclables collected from households in South Africa, possibly saving municipalities up to R750 million in landfill space every year. This is according to Professor Rinie Schenck, waste management...
Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire (Pty) Ltd, (Bakwena), the private roads authority responsible for the N1N4 toll roads, will soon be launching its Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) Project along the N4. In partnership with...
Various organisations and industry associations met at the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) today for the first planning meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC). The National Electrical Test Facility (NETFA) TAC was launched on...
Nearly R20 million has been set aside to beef up security around municipal infrastructure to deal with increasing vandalism. This comes after the Mayenzeke Clinic in Khayelitsha was burgled earlier this month. Computers, nutritional products and...
Kliptown, Soweto is where the Freedom Charter was adopted in 1955. But there’s little evidence of the envisioned equality and dignity here today. It has even prompted the Human Rights Commission to investigate allegations of human rights...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is set to launch a citywide inquiry into the broader water situation in the City of Tshwane. The probe followed the negative results of water tests conducted by the Council for Scientific and...
Fish are dying in the polluted uMsunduzi River in KwaXimba. A spillage of vegetable oil and caustic acid from a Willowton Oil factory in Pietermaritzburg has created what has been dubbed as one of the worst environmental and health disaster in the...
With Mpumalanga dam levels continuing to drop, the Department of Water and Sanitation has called on all consumers in the province to intensify their water saving efforts until the next summer rains. The call comes against the backdrop of...
