Thirty-two percent of plastic packaging produced annually worldwide is left to flow into the world’s oceans, according to the World Economic Forum. Mandy Naudé, CEO of Polyco, believes the solution to this problem starts with recycling. “Taking...
Clean-up crews will once again help to limit the waste footprint of two of Cape Town’s biggest sporting events taking place in March this year. For the 11th consecutive year, Plastics SA’s Sustainability Manager, John Kieser, will be coordinating...
This week SABC Digital News is focusing on water shortages and the drought affecting many provinces of South Africa. Many people are aware of the problems in the Western Cape and Cape Town specifically. Few of us however, unless one is directly...
The Gauteng Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Human Settlements will on Thursday launch an inquiry into the housing backlog in the province. The inquiry will be led by Mohatla Phutas Tseki and the main focus...
The 2nd annual KZN Construction Expo is set to take place next week and for the first time ever the event will host a Contractor’s Corner. The Contractors Corner will provide free practical training to over 1 000 small and medium contractors. The...
The eThekwini Municipality is urging residents and businesses in the City to continue to use water sparingly. Speaking at an Executive Committee (Exco) Meeting on Tuesday, eThekwini mayor Zandile Gumede, said people still needed to reduce their...
The multi-million rand project to upgrade Cedar road in Fourways has finally been completed with Gauteng MEC for roads and Transport Ismail Vadi officially opening the road on Tuesday. Speaking at the opening Vadi said his department had reached...
Newly appointed Eskom interim Group Chief Executive (GCE) Phakamani Hadebe is confident that the utility can turn the corner despite current challenges. Briefing reporters at the interim results announcement on Tuesday, Hadebe said while challenges...
Allegations of corruption have emerged, linked to the distribution of water in Butterworth in the Eastern Cape. Residents are accusing municipal officials of selling them water during the water scarce seasons. Butterworth has been hard hit by...
The City of Cape Town on Monday activated its Disaster Operations Centre (DOC) to execute its Water Disaster Plan, which will take effect in the event of Day Zero. The City said while it was completely focused on beating back Day Zero it needed to...
