Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs Zweli Mkhize says several of the municipalities that were identified as dysfunctional have turned the corner and are on the road to recovery. This comes after the department deployed...
By Russell Dick, Chief Executive Officer at utility Systems As South Africa commemorates National Water Week from 17 to 23 March to highlight the scarcity of this vital resource, municipalities and utilities around the country are increasingly...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is urging Gauteng residents to use water sparingly due to instability in the levels of the dams that form part of the Integrated Vaal River System. This comes as the country moves towards the dry winter...
The A Re Sebetseng volunteer clean-up campaign is expanding to the municipalities of Tshwane and Midvaal. A Re Sebetseng was first launched in Johannesburg in August of 2017, and now A Re Sebetseng Gauteng will now seek to broaden the spirit of...
As the pollution of rivers and dams takes the spotlight for water month, the ROSE Foundation is calling on South Africans to store and recycle used oil responsibly. The water infrastructure in many South African towns and cities is already under...
In an effort to assist the drought-stricken town of Makhanda, Engen Petroleum has partnered with disaster relief organisation Gift of the Givers to donate 100 water storage tanks to the embattled community. This comes after the Sarah Baartman...
Séché Environnement Group has acquired 100% of all issued shares of Interwaste Holdings Limited which has been delisted from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE). The acquisition will see Séché Environnement and Interwaste combining their...
N1 City Mall’s three in one waste-to-power technology will be on show at this year’s African Utility Week and POWERGEN Africa events. The property features an on-site, anaerobic digester that uses organic waste to produce green electricity, hot...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) is set to launch a new online tool that will help municipalities to respond to climate change. As temperatures continue to rise and climate conditions become drier, South African...
We need to improve the design of buildings to minimise wastage of energy. Lam Khee Poh of the National University of Singapore explains how sophisticated computational tools can help designers get towards zero-emissions buildings by, for example,...
