Investors and stakeholders from the government, academia and business sectors are set to gather in Kimberley next month for the inaugural Northern Cape Investment and Jobs Conference. The conference is aimed at fast-tracking industrialisation,...
As African cities experience some of the fastest urban growth rates in the world, China has become a major bilateral financier for urban infrastructure. From Nairobi’s elevated expressways to Lagos’s airport upgrades and Addis Ababa’s new riverside...
The North West Provincial Legislature’s Portfolio Committee on Economic Development, Environment, Conservation and Tourism has raised serious concerns over the growing number of illegal mining activities and unauthorised chrome wash plants across...
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation has released the 2025 Green Drop Report together with progress assessment reports on the Blue Drop and No Drop programmes on Tuesday, 31 March 2026, providing a comprehensive and evidence-based account of the...
The Green Drop report lays the status of South Africa’s wastewater treatment works bare. By looking at two wastewater treatment works (WWTW) per municipality, or one per district, the Green Drop spotlights areas of concern and improvement.  ...
The recent building collapses in South Africa have forced a difficult but necessary shift in how the industry thinks about risk. For years, safety was often treated as a site-level responsibility. Something managed through compliance checklists,...
Fire is not an insurance boogeyman; it is a real risk to business, life, and infrastructure. Compliance with South Africa’s fire protection regulations is more than a regulatory exercise; it is a necessary part of ensuring security and safety for...
In February, Petco was a proud sponsor of, and active participant in, Africa’s Green Economy Summit in Cape Town. The summit facilitated some important conversations around closer cooperation for a more circular future for the continent and taking...
In rural sub-Saharan Africa, access to clean drinking water often depends on a simple technology: the handpump. These manually operated systems pump water out of the ground for more than 184 million people. Yet despite their importance, research...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) recently hosted a highly informative webinar as part of its ongoing commitment to sharing objective, non-profit industry knowledge with the plastics pipe sector. A series of...
