In an effort to address the problem of plastic waste, deforestation and the continent’s energy crisis in one fell swoop, not-for-profit organisation Alliance Earth has created an incredible engineering solution that converts plastic waste into...
Coca-Cola has pledged more than half a billion rand over three years to stimulate recycling industries across Southern and Eastern Africa. The investment, which was announced at the Global Citizen Mandela 100 Festival, is expected to create more...
Following good seasonal rainfalls, the Department of Water and Sanitation has decided to relax water restrictions from for urban and agricultural use in the Western Cape. According to Rashid Khan the Department’s Regional Head of the Western Cape,...
In an effort to shore up its balance sheet, Eskom is looking to government to absorb R100 billion of its debt Chairman Jabu Mabuza told the Business Day newspaper. The plan, which forms part of the utility’s turnaround strategy, would add 2% to...
Coca-Cola Southern & East Africa representative for public affairs, communications, and sustainability, Maserame Mouyeme, has also pledged thirty eight million US dollars, towards spurring plastic recycling initiatives. Source: SABC Digital...
As major retailers and brand owners begin to feel the pressure to be more environmentally-conscious, one of the country’s leading food packaging producers has become the first in the PET thermoform plastics sector to join voluntary national...
The eThekwini Municipality is giving customers who are in arrears on their electrical accounts the opportunity to have their services reinstated by signing an Acknowledgement of Debt in favour of the Municipality for the total outstanding debt....
In the Eastern Cape, lack of coordination and oversight is hindering progress in addressing school infrastructure backlogs in the Eastern Cape. This is according to a report tabled by the NGO, Equal Education during a meeting with the provincial...
Cities looking to tackle greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution simultaneously may soon be able to do so thanks to new research that identifies a set of priority actions that cities can take to reach their climate goals. The research, from C40...
A new organisation has set out to turn the tide on corporate waste management and create jobs in the process. 5Inc, a new sister company to Economic Development Solutions (EDS) Holdings, specialises in project implementation in the areas of...
