Gautrain workers affiliated with the United National Transport Union (Untu) are set to go on strike on Monday following a deadlock in wage negotiations. The union has rejected operating company Bombela’s offer of an 8% salary increase across the...
Eskom has decided to scrap its plans to construct a 100MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plant near Upington in the Northern Cape because of its costs. The decision, which has the blessing of the project’s financiers, comes after prolonged...
Eskom this week signed a US$2.5 billion loan agreement with the China Development Bank. The funds will be funnelled into the utility’s build programme with a specific focus on the Kusile Power Station. According to the utility the investment is...
The Ministers of Environmental Affairs for Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Environmental Cooperation at the 10th BRICS Summit. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs the...
Another Metrorail train went up in flames in Cape Town this week at Retreat station. The fire has prompted the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to act against the malicious damage to its property by constructing a wall. According to a...
A truck transporting a Category Six toxic load has overturned at KwaNobuhle in Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape. The chemical permacure oxide is highly toxic to humans. The spill is currently being contained but there are concerns it may run off into...
Plastic recycling in South Africa has continued to grow for seven years in row. According to the 2017 plastics recycling figures, released by Plastics|SA, more than 334 727 tons of plastics were recycled back into raw material – giving South Africa...
The eThekwini Municipality has issued an urgent notice to members of the public not to drink water from the Umhlangane River at this time. This comes after four pumping units at the inlet pumpstation of the KwaMashu Wastewater Treatment Works...
Every day waste items are far from one dimensional. Â Each waste type can be categorised, has the potential to pollute the environment in a different way and will differ in the time it takes to decompose. This is the reason why some waste materials...
Eskom says irregular expenditure could increase again in the 2019 financial year as a result of transgressions of the past. On Monday the power utility reported that has uncovered nearly R20 billion in irregular expenditure dating as far back as...
