South African authorities have detained a Moroccan cargo ship after Western Sahara’s Polisario Front independence movement obtained a court order to seize 54 000 tons of phosphate on board. The seizure follows a European Union (EU) Court of...
Majority of South Africa’s electronic waste (e-waste) is being exported, with the country losing out on the economic potential of an entire waste stream. In a recent study conducted by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), the...
An official decision compelling waste management company EnviroServ to cease all operations at its Shongweni Landfill in Durban was handed down by Durban High Court judge Gregory Kruger last week. Kruger granted an interim order which now prevents...
Government has secured funding for the construction of the first logistics hub at the Gulu Railway station, targeting the markets in South Sudan through Alegu and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) through West Nile. Gulu is one of the four...
An historic wine estate in Somerset West might not appear to be synonymous with cutting-edge scientific discoveries, but 317-year-old Vergelegen has hosted field researchers undertaking ground-breaking work for over a decade. Local and...
A new study suggests that mobile network data can be used to effectively estimate carbon dioxide (CO2) and nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions in urban areas at very low cost. Â The study was carried out in Nuremberg, Germany by big data analytics...
The number of accidents on construction sites increased 10% in 2016, compared to 2015. This was according to Deon Bester, occupational health and safety manager at the Master Builders Association of the Western Cape. Of this percentage, 889...
Plans for South Africa’s new nuclear plants suffered a setback last week after the High Court in Cape Town ruled its plan as unlawful, with the presiding judge condemning two aspects of the procurement process. Source: BBC...
Six mega housing infrastructure projects are in the pipeline for Ekurhuleni. The rollout of the projects is expected to span over the next five years and will address the serious human settlement backlog across the city.This was according to metro...
Africa is heading for a big year in the renewable energy space, with Kenya, South Africa and Morocco pegged as the countries that will expand on its wind power the greatest. The Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) recently released its flagship...
