As businesses start returning to limited operation, the challenge of ensuring that employees adhere to the stringent health and safety regulations, required for WHO (World Health organisation) compliance, may take its toll on management. RGM Cranes...
83 000 to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa...
The National Institute for Communicable Diseases confirmed the first COVID-19 case on 05 March 2020. Proactively, the Government of South Africa acted swiftly by declaring COVID-19 a disaster in terms of the Disaster Management Act (57 of 2002). In...
With the country’s dams 70,4% full, municipalities have enough water to supply their respective residents without having to cut off supply abruptly to save water. According to the weekly report by the Department of Water and Sanitation the country...
A preliminary analysis of satellite data on air pollution shows a decrease in the concentrations of pollutants over South Africa during the national lockdown caused by the outbreak of the Coronavirus in the country. This is according to a team of...
Water and Sanitation minister Lindiwe Sisulu, has appealed to municipalities throughout the country to refrain from the abrupt cutting of water supply to residents as this deprives them of their basic human right of access to clean water. The...
Business owners need to ensure that their workspaces are properly cleaned and thoroughly cleansed before employees report for duty once the lockdown has been lifted. That’s according to specialist cleaning service provider Fidelity Cleaning...
As South Africans settle into stage four lockdown, various industries are getting acquainted with what this means for their operations. Businesses are having to consider how to get back into action while still ensuring health and safety is kept top...
Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has placed the Amatola Water Board in the Eastern Cape under administration. According to a statement released by Amatola, the decision to disband the water board comes after rigorous discussions and...
Eskom says it has temporarily closed its Camden power plant in Mpumalanga because the dam where it stores the ash from burning coal could burst and endanger local residents. The state-owned electricity utility’s 1 600-megawatt power plant...
