City of Ekurhuleni consumers’ fears were realised when the metro announced a 13.87% electricity tariff hike while tabling the 2019/20 budget. The huge electricity increase follows the announcement by the National Energy Regulator of SA that...
Businesses, malls and factories will soon be able to generate their electricity and feed it into the grid. Energy Minister Jeff Radebe told the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) to license applications from businesses to be able to...
SA’s water treatment sector has the collective knowledge, technology and capacity to solve South Africa’s water and wastewater treatment crisis in as little as three years. This is according to stakeholders set to participate in the IFAT water...
Disruptive transport technologies will take centre stage at the 38th annual Southern African Transport Conference (SATC) to be held from 8 to 11 July 2019 at the CSIR Convention Centre in Pretoria. Endorsed by the Department of Transport and the...
The City of Cape Town is moving forward with its plans to upgrade more hostel units in Langa. Â This is in line with its commitment to redress. Work is expected to begin in the latter half of next year. The City is also working on establishing a...
It’s just become easier for South African businesses, malls and factories to get approval for rooftop solar. However, how much f a difference is this going to make in providing not only energy, but clean energy. Source: eNCA
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), together with the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) and the University of Pretoria’s Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently launched...
Plastic production over the last half-century has mushroomed, from 15 million tonnes in the 1960s to a gobsmacking 311 million tonnes in 2014. It is estimated that 13 000 pieces of plastic litter can be found in every square kilometre of the ocean....
Four people died following a gas leak at a plastic recycling plant in Cape Town. The incident took place at about 14:20 on Tuesday. The city’s fire and rescue services responded to a call about a gas leak at the recycling company in Beaconvale,...
A shocking study has found that the water in Durban’s Harbour, is highly polluted. The study, conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, found widespread faecal matter in the water. It has also warned people to be...
