While healthy oceans are critical to human survival, providing most of the oxygen we breathe they are under threat by plastic pollution on a massive scale. According to the United Nations Environmental Programme around eight-million tonnes of...
Over a million tonnes of paper and paper packaging were diverted from landfill in 2017. This is according to the latest recycling figures released by the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (PRASA). This tonnage represents 70% of the 1.8...
The uncontrolled dumping of waste is one of the major challenges facing Africa. This is according to the first waste management outlook for Africa launched in Pretoria this week. The report, which was released by the United Nations Environment and...
Minister of Water and Sanitation, Gugile Nkwinti attended the launch of the country’s first Zero Water operation at Nestles dairy factory in Mossel Bay in the Southern Cape today. The launch marks the commemoration of the 2018 world...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) says it is concerned with the 75% increase in irregular municipal expenditure reported by the Auditor General in its recent report. The organisation says it acknowledges the significant effort made by...
Eskom has announced that it is now giving new and existing businesses the option to self-build an electricity connection to the national power grid with the help of Eskom-approved contractors, service providers and suppliers. This comes after huge...
The Johannesburg Development Agency has embarked on two railway station upgrade projects valued at R26 million each. The projects, which involve the upgrade of the Mzimhlophe and Merafe Railway Stations, form part of the City of Johannesburg’s...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency has announced the semi-permanent closure of East Road in Devland, Soweto due to a R15 million road rehabilitation project. According to the agency the upgrade is being undertaken to address the failing road surface...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is looking to newly appointed group CEO Sibusiso Sithole to turn the parastatal around. The agency announced Sithole’s appointment in a statement on Tuesday, despite the fact that he has been on the...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling all waste wise organisations in KwaZulu-Natal to enter this year’s IWMSA KZN Waste Management Awards. The event is hosted biennially with the aim of encouraging all...
