Public Enterprises Minister Pravin Gordhan has called on all parties involved in the Eskom wage dispute to allow time for the negotiations to succeed. Gordhan noted that a continuous supply of electricity was in everyone’s best interest and urged...
South African energy regulator NERSA on Thursday gave power utility Eskom the go-head to recover R32.69 billion rand of costs incurred over the past three years through higher tariffs, about half what the utility had requested. Cash-strapped Eskom,...
Power utility Eskom says generation and distribution of electricity across its network is constrained due to acts of sabotage and intimidation that characterise the current industrial action by members of trade unions. According to the utility...
A bioplastic technology developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has received top honours at the Eco-Logic Awards 2018 for making a positive contribution in the reduction of environmental pollution. The technology took...
Finance Minister Nhlahla Nene has called on municipalities to play their part and assist government in reforms that will enable economic growth. Speaking at the Municipal Innovative Infrastructure Financing Conference (MIIF) on Wednesday the...
The City of Cape Town has set aside R481 million for congestion relief projects over the next three financial years. According to Brett Herron, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Transport and Urban Development, the money has been allocated to...
Seven of the 10 countries in the world most threatened by climate change are in Africa which has had a devastating effect on the continent’s economies. In response to this the African Development Bank is championing a cause to create the Africa...
Residents and business owners in the small North West farming town of Koster near Rustenburg are rejoicing on Tuesday night. An interim court order has granted their local ratepayers’ association permission to take control of the...
This past week has been a busy one for Plastics SA as it used Sustainability Week, World Environment Day and World Oceans Day to drive home efforts to keep plastic pollution out of the environment. Douw Steyn, Sustainability Director at Plastics...
Refuse collection in KwaMashu and uMlazi has once again been disrupted as a result of industrial action by contractors. As an interim measure, the eThekwini Municipality says it’s Cleansing and Solid Waste unit will be utilising internal resources...
