Despite declining dam levels from the warm summer weather the City of Cape Town says water consumption has remained on the conservative side for the past month. The City says the average water usage, which has remained under 600 million litres of...
The large-scale events market is responding to the increasing concern about plastic pollution by taking steps to minimise the impact of their events on the environment. Helping them slash their use of single-use plastics are companies like...
Waste is piling up in and around the city of Kimberley in the Northern Cape. Many tourists are complaining and avoiding the CBD. It’s become an eyesore for residents and those visiting historic places like the Big Hole. The local municipality...
Meeting the current and future water storage needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as is implementing future drought countermeasures. Delayne Gray, managing director at SBS Tanks®, discusses the company’s innovative...
Africa has often seen constrained investment into its infrastructure because of the lack of a benchmark. However this situation is set to change with the launch of the continent’s first infrastructure performance index. Indices and benchmarks play...
Acting Gauteng police commissioner General Max Masha says a case of culpable homicide may be opened following a fatal train collision in Pretoria. The collision, which took place in Mountain View Pretoria on Tuesday, left at least three people dead...
Rwanda’s Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Program has received a further €115 million boost from the African Development Bank to help the country give 1.5 million people access to improved, reliable and sustainable water supply services. ...
Work on the City of Cape Town’s R1.5 billion project to upgrade the Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works is expected to start in the first half of 2019. This comes after council approved most of the upgrade work last year. The project, which has...
The City of Cape Town has advised residents that the algal blooms in False Bay are naturally occurring, non-toxic and not reflective of wastewater quality in the city. This comes after news outlets linked the algal blooms to issues inland....
A joint operation by all spheres of government has helped to avert a major crisis, where part of the Middle Lake Dam in Benoni caved in last month. Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina, put together a Joint Operations Committee (JOC)...
