South Africa has high recycling rates thanks to waste reclaimers but refuses to treat them as real workers. They collect up to 80% of recycled packaging, yet remain invisible to policy, unpaid, and unprotected. Regenize doesn’t just recycle,...
Government has welcomed Fitch’s decision to affirm South Africa’s long-term foreign and local currency debt ratings at “BB-” and maintain the stable outlook. According to Fitch, South Africa’s credit rating is constrained by several factors,...
The Department of Transport has officially gazetted the long-awaited National Land Transport Amendment Act, along with its amended regulations. The Act introduces a new transport category, e-hailing services, as a recognised mode of public...
Circularity forces the fast-paced and harsh business environment to slow down and foster collaboration where there previously was none. The peak of this collaborative process is industrial symbiosis, the process of having the waste of one business...
The Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure (CDRI) today launched its latest CDRI GIR working paper, Infrastructure Resilience in Africa, spotlighting the urgent need to embed resilience into infrastructure planning across the continent to...
The IWMSA Central Branch hosted a Women’s Month event where four speakers shared stories about their journeys, values and resilience in an industry that is pivotal to sustainability. Makgabo van Niekerk, EnviroServ’s Head of Public Affairs and...
In a move that marries its energy mandate with a vision for a sustainable future, state-owned power utility Eskom has officially plugged into the future of transport with the introduction of its inaugural fleet of electric vehicles. The initiative...
Across Africa, farmers rely on water from dams to irrigate their crops through periods of drought. However, farmers and water managers often struggle to accurately estimate and monitor the available water in dams. To address the challenge,...
Rand Water abstracts, purifies and sells bulk (wholesale) water to all municipalities in Gauteng and parts of Mpumalanga, Free-State and the North-West Provinces. Gauteng Municipalities consume the highest volumes of water (above 80%) produced by...
Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala is set to address the 2nd National Contractor Development roadshow in the Northern Cape. To be held in Kimberly, the roadshow is aimed at supporting emerging contractors to break...
