There aren’t enough air quality monitoring stations in the country. This emerged during the first day of a three-day Air quality governance Lekgotla underway in Kimberley. Industries including mining companies are regarded as the main...
A few weeks ago Energy Minister Jeff Radebe released an updated Integrated Resource Plan – IRP – for public input for a period of 60 days. The plan in its current form sees a halt to nuclear power expansion plans until 2030 and will...
The extent of South Africa’s Transport related assets collectively make it one of the country’s largest national assets raising the question: Are we planning and implementing transport projects to get the most out of the opportunities that exist,...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to order an intervention and financial rescue plan for Emfuleni Local Municipality. This comes after the commission held hearings last week to...
Over 200 women from the engineering sector are expected to gather in Johannesburg later this year for the 9th Annual Women in Engineering Convention. The conference, which is set to take place on 14, 15 and 16 November 2018 at the Indaba Hotel, in...
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Zweli Mkhize, has revealed that his department is setting up an intervention programme that will assist to build capacity in distressed municipalities. Tabling the Municipal...
In a bid to empower local construction companies the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) is hosting a series of workshops to explain the procurement framework for Phase Two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The first workshop was...
The Portfolio Committee on Transport is concerned by the recent spate of fires affecting the rail infrastructure in the Western Cape and KwaZulu-Natal Provinces. Three trains were reportedly burnt in the Cape Metro and a number of carriages had...
Was the Department of Water and Sanitation lax in dealing with Vaal River polluters? This is just one of several questions being asked by the Human Rights Commissions, as it probes the issue of raw sewerage running through this important water...
For governments to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 more resources need to be allocated for hygiene behaviour change. This was one of the key messages from an interactive panel discussion held by WaterAid Southern Africa...
