The Department of Water and Sanitation has issued a statement to reassure South Africans that the tap water in the country is safe for human consumption. This comes after an article published by TimesLive claimed that a report by travel company,...
South Africa’s fast growing plastic pollution crisis requires a rational solution not an emotional one. This is the view of Anton Hanekom, Executive Director of Plastics SA. Speaking at the ProPak Conference at Nasrec, Johannesburg recently...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on citizens to see waste as resource and to start recycling more. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs South Africans generated approximately 54.2 million...
The Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape will embark on a journey to build the first “plastic road” in Africa. The approach could spell the end of potholes, create jobs and help save the planet. For more this story we are joined on...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa) says it is committed to reviving its operations following the finding by the Supreme Court of Appeal that it was the subject of a campaign to ruin the programme. On 24 January 2019,...
The minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga today handed over 42 toilets to the Ubuhle-Bemvelo Primary School in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. The handover comes as a result of public-private partnership between the department and Amalooloo to...
In an effort to deal with the non-payment of tolls by Gauteng road users, the Department of Transport has set aside R5.7 billion for the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral). The funds will come from the department’s medium-term budget...
Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Port of Ngqura has successfully launched the first ever locally manufactured aluminium vessel and according to the TNPA the move is set to unlock big opportunities for the South African boat building...
Vodacom has pledged to promote sustainable waste management practices in support of government’s ThumaMina Good Green Deeds Programme. The ThumaMina Good Green Deeds programme was initiated by the Department of Environmental Affairs, with the...
Following Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s maiden budget, economist Dr Azar Jammine has raised hopes for a “major recovery” in the South African economy, but he warned it was unlikely to happen before 2021. Speaking at AfriSam’s 2019 National Budget...
