Organisers of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics are looking to turn waste into worth by sourcing the metals for their medals from discarded electronics. While the island of Japan may lack natural resources it has been labelled as home to the world’s largest...
A recently launched electronic waste management programme is set to kill two birds with one stone in the Tshwane community of Mamelodi. The programme, which aims to clean up the garages and storerooms of the local community, will also help raise...
In a bid to address housing challenges in the city of Matlosana in the North West province, the local MEC for Human Settlements, Motlalepula Rosho, has established an intervention task team. The MEC met with housing developers in the Dr Kenneth...
As South Africa fends off a water crisis and prepares to face a similar situation in the waste sector, it may have to deal with yet another, as a sand shortage rears its head around the world. Â As the second most extracted natural resource, after...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on government to make the appropriate funds available for the rehabilitation of the Vaal River in Emfuleni. According to the organisation, government still has not given the South African...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has appointed a range of engineering experts to a panel for Phase two of the Lesotho highlands water project. The external panel of experts will provide technical reviews and expertise on the major works...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering has expressed its concern over the recent death of a six-year-old boy from Giyani who lost his life after falling into a trench that was left open allegedly by a company that was handling the R3...
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is currently piloting a smart metering project in an effort to improve the City’s billing process. According to the municipality the aim of the initiative is to manage electricity usage in a reliable, safe...
The eThekwini Municipality’s Constructor Development Programme is continuing to bear fruit following news that 24 more emerging contractors have successfully completed and graduated from the programme. The initiative, which is a partnership between...
Johannesburg MMC of Housing, Meshack van Wyk says work on the Riverside Housing Project near Diepsloot has stalled because the Gauteng Provincial Government reduced the City’s Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG). According to Van Wyk the...
