South Africa cannot put all its road funding eggs in one basket. This is according to Mike Schüssler, an economist at economists.co.za. During a recent presentation at the Transport Forum, Schüssler explained that South Africa is an atypical...
Drought-stricken communities in the Eastern Cape are set to benefit from an innovative mobile water generation project launched by World Vision South Africa, and funded by the Bill Ford Better World Challenge, the Ford Motor Company Fund and Ford...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is in the process of consultations with various water users in the country with regard to the next set of water tariffs. The Lower Orange Catchment session is scheduled for the 17 July 2019 in Upington. To...
A Western Cape court has slapped a farmer, accused of water and environmental transgressions, with a R3.5 million fine. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) said its cooperation with the Western Cape’s Department of Environmental Affairs...
The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has activated measures which will result in the Minister assuming executive authority over the water and sanitation function in the Makhanda Local Municipality. These measures...
Cape Town is planning for the worst-case water scenario. The city’s water supply has stabilised significantly over the last year and now the Cape government has approved a new 10-year strategy, which includes a permanent desalination...
Although many South Africans are routinely reducing, reusing and recycling their waste in order to lessen the mountain of waste sent to landfill each day, this isn’t enough. However, we’re still facing a world where there will be more plastic in...
Globally, we are ingesting an average of 5 grams of plastic every week, which is the equivalent of a credit card. This is according to a new study by the University of Newcastle, in Australia. This plastic contamination comes from...
Plastics SA, the body that represents all role-players in the industry, has called on government to use all revenue made from levies on supermarket plastic bags for recycling. Plastics SA says government has made nearly 2 billion rand from levies...
Up to two tonnes of plastic pellets will make its way to Jeffreys Bay over the next few weeks, all for the construction of the first “plastic” or eco-friendly road in Africa. Kouga Municipality last week officially launched the plastic road trial,...
