With environmental protection topping the global agenda, the South African Government has been introducing new regulations that could have far reaching implications for local businesses. Producers and handlers of hazardous waste face a period of...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Barbara Creecy delivered her first budget speech for the Department of Environmental Affairs, Forestry and Fisheries last week. Barbra was appointed in May and her main goal is to address air pollution. Source:...
According to the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), South Africa is losing engineers at an alarming rate. They are apparently leaving the country to use their skills abroad, but the SAICE is appealing to government to attract...
The SA professional construction council is allegedly seeking help in dealing with what it terms the ‘Construction Mafia’. Speaking to Cape Talk, president of the South Africa Council for the Project and Construction Management...
Acting Mayor Fawzia Peer, and the City’s Executive Committee welcomed the new members of the City Planning Commission, affirming the full support of the council. As the first city to establish the City Planning Commission in 2014, the Commission...
Each year, millions of people around the world are encouraged to refuse single-use plastics as part of “Plastic Free July”. According to the organisers of this campaign, their aim is to see a world without plastic waste. Plastics SA and the global...
Following Transport Minister’s announcement, Electronic Toll Collection (ETC) company would like, together with SANRAL, to engage with the government appointed task team to make recommendations to the President on the e-tolling issue. For the past...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) together with the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF, formerly the Department of Environmental Affairs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to commemorate...
Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has rubbished claims that his administration bungled a tender to install toilets. The three-year tender was meant to provide infrastructure to informal settlements. An investigative report by AmaBhungane claimed...
Cape Town’s water consumption has increased by 28 million litres per day for the past week, the City said on Monday. This means that water consumption is increasing to 583 million litres per day, week-on-week. According to the City, rain over...
