Citizens urged to embrace recycling
With Clean-up and Recycle Week taking place in September the question everyone is asking is whether or not South Africans are doing enough? SABC Digital News digs deeper. Source: SABC Digital News
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Is rapidly thawing permafrost speeding up climate change?
A new study has for the first time revealed that rapidly thawing permafrost is adding to the world’s growing climate change problem. The study, which was published in Nature Geoscience has for the first time comprehensively accounted for permafrost...
New plant set to turn SA’s coffee waste into biofuels
A South African recycling company is building a plant that will convert the country’s coffee waste into biofuels. CEO of Verda Waste, Fischer Khambule, says the company plans to be at the forefront of industrialising the process of converting waste...
South Africans rise to the World Clean-up Day challenge
Thousands of South African’s rolled up their sleeves and took to the beaches to participate in the first ever World Clean-Up Day on Saturday, 15 September 2018. The event, which involved 144 countries and 13 million volunteers, kicked off in Fiji...
Radisson RED goes green
The Radisson RED hotel in the Silo District of Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront has been awarded Green Key status. This comes after the Radisson Hotel Group partnered with the Wildlife and Environment Society of South Africa (WESSA). The Green Key...
Procurement process was already underway before Lisbon building fire
The Gauteng Provincial Government says it was already in the process of procuring suitable accommodation to relocate officials from the Bank of Lisbon building in the Johannesburg CBD. This comes after a fire ripped through the building, which...
Safety in Johannesburg buildings: Dr. Claire Deacon
This past weekend saw the burial of the last of the firefighters that died in the Bank of Lisbon fire in Johannesburg two weeks ago. The fire brought into sharp focus the issue of safety in these buildings. Joining SABC News is Dr. Claire Deacon...
Infrastructure Specialist Group lets go of Ocon Brick
The Infrastructure Specialist Group (ISG) has sold clay brick manufacturer Ocon Brick to Willem Pienaar and his partner Mike Koch. CEO of ISG, Albert Weber, says the board took a decision to focus on the core business that Rocla and Technicrete...
Eskom delays completion of new long-term strategy
Eskom on Tuesday said it had delayed the date on which its new long-term strategy would be completed, potentially unsettling investors anxious for clues as to how the struggling state firm plans to bolster its finances. The cash-strapped utility...
SAHRC calls for submissions on Vaal river crisis
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is calling on members of the Vaal community and surrounding areas to make written submissions to fully address the issues for investigation. This comes after SAHRC conducted a site inspection of the...
