African Reclaimers Organisation (ARO) is a Johannesburg based organisation of informal reclaimers who collect recyclables from Johannesburg’s streets and landfills. There are an estimated 6,000 reclaimers who perform this work in Johannesburg....
As the global movement away from single-use plastics gathers momentum, South Africa continues to make significant strides in its polyethylene terephthalate (PET) plastic recycling efforts. According to the latest statistics released by national...
Motivated by a strong desire to clean up the environment, while also fighting unemployment, hunger and the growing threat of drugs in her community, Johanna Leshabane launched the Bophelo Recycling project back in 2007. While the project started...
Almost 190 countries have agreed to new control measures that will limit the transboundary movement of plastic waste around the world, following the recent ratification of the Basel Convention in Geneva, Switzerland. The resolution prohibits the...
On the 5th of June each year, the United Nations hosts World Environment Day, which is used to bring global awareness to severe environmental issues that require urgent political action. This year is especially significant for South Africa, where...
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced his new Cabinet and one of the surprise changes was the appointment of Good party leader Patricia de Lille as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure. De Lille is a very experienced politician and has a very...
For over two decades, South Africa has been repairing the imbalances of its past. The Bantu Education system armed many with below average schooling – today’s most basic human right. This system deprived the largest population of basic skills, such...
The Carbon Tax Bill which came into effect on the 1st of June 2019 states that any person, partnership, trust, community, municipal or public listed entity, who conducts an activity which results in the emission of greenhouse gases above the...
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has said officials who authorised the demolition of illegally built houses in Alexandra last Friday, will be held accountable. Mashaba added that he was waiting on a report from the Johannesburg Metro Police...
President Cyril Ramaphosa announced the composition of the national executive last week at the Union Buildings. He revealed that the number of Cabinet portfolios would be trimmed down from 36 to 28. The president reduced 14 ministries down to seven...
