South Africa reaffirmed its commitment and contribution towards global climate change goals at the recent Clean Energy Ministerial Conference in China. The conference provided a global platform to discuss energy objectives and share international...
Municipal consumer debt increased by R10.6 billion in the third quarter of the 2016/17 financial year, National Treasury announced. The total debt amounted to R128.3 billion, compared to R117.7 billion which was reported in the second quarter....
Global waste management group, Averda, has opened up opportunities for women truck drivers through its Professional Driver Learnership Programme (PDLP). The programme is part of the group’s initiative to address a skills shortage of qualified...
First National Bank in collaboration with vehicle financer WesBank, has released an FNB App solution that will assist customers with their car maintenance needs, including license disc renewal. The new platform allows users to renew their licence...
Citizens should not be using more than 100 litres of water per person, per day, says Xanthea Limberg, the City of Cape Town’s Mayoral Committee member for Informal Settlements, Water, Waste Services and Energy. Limberg discusses some of the causes...
The Usuthu Water Purification Plant in KwaZulu-Natal is undergoing an expansion to increase output by 20 mega-litres per day. The expansion is said to have a R19 million price tag. The plant and several reservoirs, which are based in Nongoma, were...
Despite recent heavy rains in the Western Cape, water still needs to be saved and used very sparingly, says Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. On Friday, the city’s dam levels were recorded at 20.4%. However, with the last 10% of water mostly...
Pleas to save water and reduce consumption are going out to all residents in Knysna as the region only has approximately 26 days of water left. The area was declared a disaster zone in May due to water shortages, however recent wildfires which...
By Songo Didiza A wide variety of socio-economic challenges are currently affecting South Africa’s urban infrastructure systems. Water restrictions are rapidly becoming the most pressing of these and are certainly one we all can’t avoid. South...
A request for state owned company Transnet to be probed has been put forward by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac). Last week Casac requested that public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane investigate alleged...
