Pikitup has ring-fenced more than R12 million to renovate and upgrade the City of Johannesburg’s garden sites in line with it objectives to encourage recycling and divert waste from landfill. The Independent Online on Monday reported that the...
Transnet National Ports Authority has successfully completed the construction of a R360 million Admin Craft Basin (ACB) in the Port of Ngqura. The new structure will be home to the port’s three tugs and one pilot boat, freeing up Berth C101, which...
Scientists have accidentally engineered an enzyme capable of breaking down polyethylene terephthalate (PET) that could assist in combating the world’s growing plastic waste problem. The enzyme is based on a naturally occurring bacteria first...
Hundreds of households from surrounding villages near Kuruman are expected to benefit from the upgrades of three sub-stations at the Gasegonyana Municipality. Construction has already started at the Riri Sub-station, and is also expected to begin...
Eskom’s proposed tariff hikes are under the spotlight this week as the power utility presents its case to the National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s public hearings. At the first of the countrywide public hearings held on Monday in Cape Town,...
A lack of water and sanitation continues to be a major problem at a school in Mpumalanga, a region where farm and rural schools often bear the brunt. Torbanite Primary school in Breyton is one of them. Source: SABC Digital News
The Department of Water and Sanitation and the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission are set to meet this week in the spirit of knowledge sharing. The Department will host the NIWRMC at the Vaal Dam on Wednesday 18 April 2018,...
The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape is concerned with the alarming number of accidents happening on construction sites around the province. The latest figures from the Federated Employer’s Mutual Assurance Company (FEM), which...
While dam levels around the country are starting to show signs of improvement, levels in the drought-stricken Western Cape continue to decline week-on-week. According to a weekly report released by the Department of Water and Sanitation most of the...
Freshwater is often one of the first victims of climate change according to the Global Alliances for Water and Climate (GAfWaC). The GAfWaC recently participated in the 8th World Water Forum with a presentation entitled Water and Adaptation to...
