EThekwini Municipality announced that its multimillion-rand water infrastructure upgrade would bring the long-standing water shortage woes of residents in oThongathi and the city’s western areas to an end. According to IOL, municipal spokesperson...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse and Water Shortage South Africa want to address the country’s water crisis. The two groups say plans are in place for talks with Parliament to draft and process the necessary legislation to establish an...
The Breede Valley Local Municipality (BVLM) has appointed by the Delta Built Environment Consultants (Delta BEC) to update their Integrated Waste Management Plan (IWMP). The primary objective of the review and updating of BVLM’s IWMP is to ensure...
The Department of Water and Sanitation in Kwa-Zulu Natal is set to roll out the Emergency Drought Mitigation Plan in areas affected by drought in the Province. This comes as Minister Lindiwe Sisulu and her counterpart Minister Nkosazana...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) and Water Shortage South Africa say that the national water crisis has made a powerful case for the need to establish an Independent Water Regulator (IWR). The organisations believe that the current water...
Colgate is launching what it says is a vegan-certified toothpaste that comes in an “industry-first” recyclable tube. Colgate-Palmolive has begun the switch to a the recyclable toothpaste tube and is now trying to enlist other companies...
More than 160,000 people could die over the next decade from strokes and heart attacks caused by air pollution, a report has warned. That is the equivalent of more than 40 heart and circulatory disease deaths related to air pollution every day. The...
The race started in 1971 and in 2020 it will see 22 entries from 10 countries and five continents compete for the coveted trophy. All the contestants are sailing for social, cultural and environmental causes especially the threat that plastics...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia De Lille is cracking the whip on corruption in her department. She’s reportedly instructed her officials to open fraud charges following inflated invoices from service providers. Source:...
Big power users, including mining houses who say load shedding will be the death of the industry, say they want government to move faster with new self-generation regulations because they no longer want to be at the mercy of Eskom. Reporting to...
