Golden Arrow Buses, a passenger transport, has taken a bullish stance on electrification. They plan to replace all their Cape Town internal combustion engine (ICE) buses with electric ones. Gideon Neethling, company engineer for Golden Arrow Buses,...
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation, led by Deputy Minister David Mahlobo together with Deputy Minister Jack Bloom, convened an urgent stakeholder meeting last night, Tuesday 08 September 2026, with Rand Water, the Department of Water and...
The City of Johannesburg officially broke ground on Tuesday, 08 September 2026, on a biodigester pilot plant at the Robinson Deep Landfill site, launching a municipal-scale project designed to convert organic waste into renewable energy and reduce...
There is a growing contradiction between South Africa’s infrastructure ambitions and the way the construction industry is financed, according to construction law specialist MDA Attorneys. President Cyril Ramaphosa and the Minister of Public...
The South African National Parks (SANParks) has marked the start of National Parks Week with the handover of tourism units and the official opening of the Letaba High Water Bridge. Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Minister David Maynier on...
The North West Department of Education has been left devastated after strong and destructive winds damaged roofs and destroyed mobile classrooms at more than 20 schools. The damage, which occurred between 4 and 5 September, comes at a particularly...
City Power has reported a major power outage triggered by an incident at the Fordsburg Substation, affecting the Orlando Switching Station and resulting in widespread power loss. This outage halted pumping capacity at Rand Water’s Eikenhof...
As South Africa welcomes spring and marks National Recycling Day on 15 September, the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is issuing a challenge for the country to rethink what it calls “waste”. Because across Africa, what we...
South Africa needs investments worth R250 billion (US$15.64 billion) over the next 10 years to adapt to climate change. This amount would get the country to just a minimal level of adaptation. A team of researchers from the African Climate and...
Waste management is vital, in South Africa it’s near a human right as Section 24 of the constitution guarantees everyone the right to an environment not harmful to their health or well-being. It is also costly, and despite the flippancy many...
