The Dube Trade Port Special Economic Zone in KwaZulu-Natal is set for an R18 billion expansion thanks to a recently unveiled investment. The port, which continues to experience an unprecedented wave of investments, has already created thousands of...
The construction industry is calling on government to step in and intervene to help prevent the destruction of the sector in the country. The call comes after construction engineering giant Group Five filed for bankruptcy protection last week,...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has, unveiled a state-of-the-art online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool that is set to assist municipalities across South Africa to adapt to climate change. Speaking at the launch...
By Marleze van Loggerenberg* The rise of the prosumer – a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times – could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced by the power utilities in Africa. Currently, there are about...
World Water Day is marked globally on the 22 of March every year. The day is used to advocate for the sustainable management of fresh water resources, now. To mark this day the Department of Water and Sanitation and the Water Research Commission...
World Water Day taking place on 22 March will once again place issues linked to global water security and promoting sustainable practice for fresh water resources’ management firmly in the spotlight. According to research, 2.1 billion people live...
Residents of eNgonyameni in the eThekwinin Municipality will soon have access to safe drinking water thanks to a multi-million rand water project currently being implemented by the city. The eThekwini Municipality announced on Wednesday that it had...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued a statement to reassure South Africans that the tap water in the country is safe for human consumption. This comes after an article published by TimesLive claimed that a report by travel company,...
South Africa’s fast growing plastic pollution crisis requires a rational solution not an emotional one. This is the view of Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA. Speaking at the ProPak Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg recently...
While StatsSA’s 2016 General Household Survey estimated that 88.8% of South African households have access to piped water, less than half the population is believed to have water piped directly to their homes. Although most households in South...
