The City of Johannesburg’s tariff hikes kicked in from 1 July. The announcement was made during the 2019/2020 financial year budget presentation in May. Water tariffs increase by 9.9%, while electricity tariffs have increased by 13.07%....
Scientists say from University of Cape Town say that although Cape Town may have dodged Day Zero, water scarcity will become the ‘new normal’ and there is no way Capetonians can go back to using water as they did in the past. Johan Enqvist and Gina...
Even though 88% of South African households have access to water, the country remains the 39th driest in the world. Furthermore, close to half of the Waste Water Works across the nation are not in a good state, with 80% of them at medium to high...
The University of the Western Cape has found that most fish caught by small-scale commercial fishermen are contaminated. It’s found fish containing ant-biotics, ARVs, disinfectants, painkillers and industrial chemicals. Source:...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) is not surprised at the Auditor General of South Africa’s (AGSA) report that governance in local Government has continued to decline to levels never experienced in the history of democratic South Africa....
Rand Water said it had 40 more major projects that might affect water supply in the future. The utility announced this on Wednesday after completing major repairs on the B11 pipeline. Rand Water even thanked the residents of Gauteng for using water...
Pick n Pay (PnP) has signed up as a member of MetPac-SA, a producer responsibility organisation representing the metal packaging recycling industry in South Africa. MetPac-SA CEO Kishan Singh this week applauded PnP’s decision to support the...
KFC is doing their bit for the environment by eliminating plastic straws in all 900 restaurants across the country by July 1. Following the growing zero waste trend, the fast food giant has decided to ban the use of plastic straws in a string of...
Shoes made from ocean plastics, packaging material made from mushrooms and a green partnership between Ford and Heinz to build car parts from tomato fibre. These are examples of the circular economy in action. The circular economy has been...
The eThekwini Municipality has warned contractors of the dire consequences should they not honour agreements. The contract of a company doing Waste Removal Services was cancelled after they failed to deliver and the services have been taken...
