Africa’s blooming cities are set to play an increasingly important role in the continent’s development while the growth of smaller, secondary cities will present nascent opportunities. These were some of the key messages to come out of the Royal...
The winners of the 2018 Eco-Logic Awards were announced in Pretoria recently in a star studded affair that saw finalists, together with company CEO’s, celebrities and thought-leaders step out in their most ‘glamourously green’ outfits to observe...
Public schools in Cape Town are getting a water saving boost. The NGO Save our Schools and the private sector are installing tanks to harvest rain water for ablution facilities. The first consignment has been delivered in Woodstock. Source: SABC...
Recent rainfall in the Western Cape has brought some relief to the province as major dams have steadily improved. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation, the increased inflow into the rivers was sufficient to lead to significant...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, is calling on the public to comment on the recently published National Climate Change Bill. According to the department the purpose of the Bill, which was published in in Government Gazette 41689...
A dairy factory based in the coastal town of Mossel Bay in the Western Cape, has been declared the first zero water technologies site in the Southern Hemisphere. The plant, which was launched by the minister of Water and Sanitation recently, is a...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says Minister, Gugile Nkwinti, has taken bold steps to turn the department around and accelerative service delivery imperatives since his appointment. According to the department Nkwinti, has already developed...
Negotiations between Eskom and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) ground to a halt on Thursday after the union staged a walkout. EWN on Friday reported that the union, which accused the power utility of a hostile attitude towards workers,...
This year Volvo will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its iconic heavy duty truck, the Volvo FH. The Volvo FH, specifically the FH440 6×4 T-T was the single most sold heavy-duty truck in South Africa in the year 2017, which the manufacturer...
The coalition of eight community and civil society organisations has launched new legal proceedings against Atha-Africa Ventures’ proposed coal mine inside a protected strategic water source in Mpumalanga. The new proceedings are a judicial review...
