A UWC-based initiative is set to explore how to clean up some of South Africa’s filthiest cities. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), with the support of the Department of Environmental Affairs and the South African Local...
Group Five is preparing a sale of three of its biggest subsidiaries as the former construction giant races to salvage what it can from bankruptcy proceedings. One of the Johannesburg-based company’s business rescue practitioners, David Lake said in...
The KwaZulu-Natal department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) assured the public that the province would be able to conduct national elections despite recent devastating floods. Severe flooding damaged access roads to some...
Law firm De Beer Attorneys said on Monday that more than 400 local organisations, enterprises and small businesses had joined a class action lawsuit against Eskom. The law firm said it was now preparing a damages claim for individual businesses who...
EThekwini Municipality has sincerely apologised to all residents and the business community that they believe has had to bear the brunt of the illegal strike. The city has been left unable to provide basic services as per the norm in certain areas...
A Durban water reservoir has collapsed, leaving many areas without water. It’s alleged that the Mobeni reservoir collapsed due to the damage caused by the recent Durban floods. Source: eNCAÂ
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has warned water users and communities to conserve water because we are fast approaching the winter season and the shortage of water remains a great worry for the government. In an effort to mitigate the...
Following the recent devastating storm and floods in the EThekwini Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) ran a two-day (5-6 May 2019) clean-up activity. This took place at various beach and harbour sites around...
Civil rights organisation AfriForum has launched its #CleanWater project for 2019, as part of the #AnchorTownRoadshow. AriForum pledged that its branches countrywide are being mobilised to test the quality of drinking water and sewage water in all...
Kwa-Zulu Natal Premier Willies Mchunu said striking eThekwini workers who have caused damages to municipal infrastructure would be held accountable. Mchunu was giving an update on the government’s strategy in dealing with the prolonged...
