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...
The Department of Transport has made South African maritime history by establishing an Incident Management Organisation (IMOrg). According to the department the aim of the IMOrg is to maintain a national system for preparedness and response to...
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. This week we celebrated...
Despite being labelled as “difficult to recycle plastic”, polystyrene recycling figures have continued to grow over the past eight years. Last year alone, more than 5 000 tons of polystyrene were diverted from landfill and recycled into other...
The City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation at source programme is in full swing leaving many wondering what the programme entails. As of the 1 July 2018, the City implemented the mandatory separation at source of dry recyclables and garden...
