In an effort to support economic growth the government has decided to prioritise infrastructure through a newly established infrastructure fund. Speaking at the Union Buildings on Friday President Cyril Ramaphosa said the aim of the South African...
Parts of Makhanda in the Eastern Cape have two months supply of water left. Dam levels that supply the west of the city are below 30 %. Residents have called on national government to intervene as day zero is fast approaching. SABC News’s...
South Africa’s water and sanitation has come under the spotlight in recent months. From droughts to infrastructure challenges and sewage spills, water and sanitation is on the agenda for both the public and private sectors with everyone seeking...
Sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges and in order to speed up the rate of success and overcome obstacles many believe the answers lay outside the public’s perceived notion of what “proper” sanitation is....
With Clean-up and Recycle Week taking place in September the question everyone is asking is whether or not South Africans are doing enough? SABC Digital News digs deeper. Source: SABC Digital News
A new study has for the first time revealed that rapidly thawing permafrost is adding to the world’s growing climate change problem. The study, which was published in Nature Geoscience has for the first time comprehensively accounted for permafrost...
A South African recycling company is building a plant that will convert the country’s coffee waste into biofuels. CEO of Verda Waste, Fischer Khambule, says the company plans to be at the forefront of industrialising the process of converting waste...
Thousands of South African’s rolled up their sleeves and took to the beaches to participate in the first ever World Clean-Up Day on Saturday, 15 September 2018. The event, which involved 144 countries and 13 million volunteers, kicked off in Fiji...
The Radisson RED hotel in the Silo District of Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront has been awarded Green Key status. This comes after the Radisson Hotel Group partnered with the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA). The Green Key...
The Gauteng Provincial Government says it was already in the process of procuring suitable accommodation to relocate officials from the Bank of Lisbon building in the Johannesburg CBD. This comes after a fire ripped through the building, which...
