Looking at ways to expand South Africa’s pool of water resources was addressed at a round table discussion held at the end of last week in Johannesburg. Hosted by engineering company GIBB, the discussion brought together leaders in the water...
South Africa’s rainfall forecasts remain low and water authorities across the country are now looking at alternative water sources to sustain the country. A recent round table discussion looked at these alternative sources which include...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has plans to suspend its director general Dan Mashitisho. The department said it handed Mashitisho a notice of intention to suspend him, but has given him an opportunity to provide reasons opposing his...
South Africa’s Draft Mine Water Management Policy is now open for public comment. The Department of Water and Sanitation gazetted the policy last week, with the comments window open for a 60 day period. This period began on 14 July and will end on...
Driver behaviour contributes significantly to the smooth running of a fleet, according to a report by Fleetmatics. Today, the incorporation of GPS vehicle tracking technology has the ability to provide relevant data on a driver’s behaviour when...
People are less inclined to use public transport systems such as the Metrorail‚ especially if they have never used it before, Pieter Onderwater, a public transport researcher and consultant told delegates at the recent Southern African Transport...
Funding options to financially assist taxi buyers are going to be explored by several government departments and National Treasury, transport minister Joe Maswanganyi said. Last month, a taxi strike took place in Gauteng which saw members of the...
Increasing the amount of metal packaging being recycled is a key focus of MetPac-SA, the newly-formed producer responsibility organisation representing the steel, tinplate and aluminium packaging industries. Precious metals in the recycling stream...
More than five trillion pieces of plastic currently litter the world’s oceans. Litter tends to accumulate in ocean garbage patches, the largest one being the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, located between Hawaii and California. If left to...
Tackling the global issue of marine litter was hotly debated at the G20 summit which was held last week in Hamburg, Germany. Significant takeaways from the ‘Action Plan on Marine Litter’ were that there is an urgent need for action to prevent and...
