United States President Donald Trump is expected to withdraw from the Paris Climate Agreement later today. Whether he actually will remains to be seen as withdrawing will have a knock-on effect on many jobs, the economy, and possibly lead to other...
Leaving a legacy of positive change and decisive execution is what Averda’s new head of sustainability is focused on. Brindha Roberts recently joined the waste management company and in her new position, she says she is proud to be part of a...
‘Next generation’ technologies present new, advanced ways to tackle waste and pollution challenges, experts say. Speaking ahead of the upcoming Pollution and Waste Technology Africa conference, experts say that 4th Industrial Revolution...
Discussing some of the proposed aspects of the National Environmental Management Laws Amendment Bill is South African law firm Webber Wentzel. The firm has analysed section 24G of the National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998 (NEMA) which...
Transport Cabinet Secretary James Macharia says the new Standard Gauge Railing (SGR) railway will charge a half of what bus companies’ demand and will cut by half the time it takes to travel between the two cities. Travellers will initially pay...
South African Cabinet has approved the Road Freight Strategy, which aims to create a regulatory and operational framework, while achieving best international standards of road-freight operations for the transport industry. Acting Director of GCIS,...
Scania has established Ghana’s first vocational training scheme for heavy vehicle service technicians. Scania and other industry partners will provide in-kind and personnel support with additional funding from the German Corporation for...
It is forecast that there will be 25 billion sensor devices connected to the ‘internet of things’ (IoT) by the year 2020; this bodes well for the supply chain profession as almost 80% of organisations experience inadequate visibility of their...
A clean-up campaign along Hout Bay Beach in Cape Town will take place this weekend in honour of World Environment Day on Monday. The coastal clean-up will be facilitated by Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages (CCPB) and Clean C, an environmental coastal...
By Rianté Naidoo A trip to the Northern Wastewater Treatment Works in Johannesburg took centre stage at Knight Piésold’s job shadowing day on Tuesday.  The initiative, which was started by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), sees consulting...
