The captain of a Ukrainian fishing vessel has been convicted for dumping sewage into South African coastal waters. The conviction, which is the first of its kind for South Africa, along with the sentence, serves as confirmation that the country is...
Engineers from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are expected to start cleaning the polluted Vaal River this week. This comes after the SANDF conducted an extensive assessment on the extent of pollution in the Vaal River System...
Occupational health and safety specialists have noted that the ruling by the Constitutional Court to decriminalise the private use of cannabis has raised important questions for the construction industry. Gerhard Roets, Construction Health and...
A South African non-profit organisation is about to make history as the first organisation of its kind to co-direct a water scarcity documentary with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Speaking at a water...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed technical teams to help restore infrastructure at the polluted Vaal River system caused by raw sewage flowing into the river from defective pump stations in the Emfuleni Municipality....
The growing popularity and affordability of renewable energy technologies could potentially drive the country’s coal industry in a new direction. This is the view of James McKay, spokesperson for energy solutions provider Energy Partners....
Media personality, Anele Mdoda is calling on South Africans to step up and make their contribution towards rectifying the dire sanitation situation in some of the country’s schools. Speaking at the first ever Flush Forum, hosted by Unilever’s...
There was a time when there simply wasn’t much choice of products to buy or services to use. Now, there’s almost no end to the different choices people have for just about everything. Whether buying a litre of milk, a fashion item, a car, or...
Two South Australian entrepreneurs have developed a composting technology that will turn organic waste into fertiliser within a matter of hours. The device, which was developed by Lewis Dunnigan and Benjamin Morton, promises to reduce the amount of...
Tesla has developed a patent for a waste water treatment system that could pave the way for more cost savings in operational expenses. Â The patent, titled System for Regenerating Sodium Hydroxide and Sulfuric Acid from Waste Water Stream...
