The Buffalo City Municipality recently unveiled its R54 million new fleet. The fleet, which includes 20 new compactor trucks, eight tipper trucks, water tankers, and three TLB’s, has been hailed as a welcomed upgrade to the municipality’s ailing...
Environmentalists have warned that the number of plastics in the oceans will outweigh fish by 2050 if nothing is done to end plastic pollution. They say the world consumes as much as a trillion plastic bags every year. Today is “International...
The Knysna Municipality is working on a Stormwater Management Policy aimed at reducing erosion and pollution, as well as looking at how groundwater can be recharged. Levael Davis, Mayoral Committee Member for Technical Services, says the new policy...
By Boitumelo Lekalakala* Of the 41% of South African schools that employ cleaners, only 25% reportedly clean the toilets at least once a day. An alarming 57% of theses cleaners further revealed that they use the same cloth to clean the kitchen and...
Record water savings coupled with recent heavy rains have helped Cape Town build a water buffer for the summer ahead to help the City’s dams recover from the extreme drought. According to the City average water consumption for the past week reached...
Power utility Eskom has finalised a settlement agreement that will see McKinsey pay back the R1 billion paid to it by the utility under the Turnaround Programme. Eskom board Chairman Jabu Mabuza, says this is a significant milestone for the Board...
The Bridge City housing development is set to become the centrepiece of an affordable housing development through a first of its kind, rent-to-buy financing model that will further reshape the landscape that the development has already started to...
Power utility Eskom has warned the public against infrastructure and electricity theft noting says illegal connections are the leading cause of power outages. In a statement released on Monday Tebogo Rakau, Divisional Executive for Security said...
Eskom has announced the appointment of Jan Oberholzer as its new Chief Operating Officer. Oberholzer’s appointment comes after the utility’s newly appointed board decided that the size, functional diversity and complexity of Eskom as it stands...
Steel recycling and processing plant, Agni Steel SA located in Zone 6 of the Coega SEZ, has been given the green light to expand its operations. The Department of Economic Development, Environmental Affairs and Tourism (DEDEAT) granted the Agni...
