This week saw an influx of Ford Kugas making their way back to dealerships across South Africa. At the beginning of the week the car maker announced that it was recalling all Ford Kuga Eco Boost vehicles that were manufactured between 2012 and...
Preferred bidders who have outstanding renewable power purchase agreements with Eskom are entitled to approach a court to enforce the power utility’s signature on the agreement. This is according to senior counsel at South African law firm Webber...
A R3,7 billion waste-to-energy project that has been on the cards for several years for Nelson Mandela Bay was recently put on hold by the metro’s mayor, Athol Trollip. Trollip said he required more details about how the project would work and that...
By Frances Ringwood A report published by UN think tank, the UN University, has found that e-waste volumes in East and South-east Asia have rocketed by 63% in the last five years. The main culprit is China’s burgeoning middle class and its hunger...
Concrete is the world’s most widely used construction material, and has proven to be highly polluting, but Walter Feess, CEO at Feess Erdbau, a German firm, has developed a way of recycling old concrete from construction sites. Feess explains...
Jan Labuschagne, CEO of Averda A South African waste management NGO, USE-IT, recently attained international recognition at The Circulars 2017, an event recognising contributions to the circular economy in the private and public sectors, and...
More than one billion people living in Africa are still battling to gain access to electricity from the traditional grid supply. However, the energy landscape across Africa is evolving as consumers, independent power producers and other...
Technology and data have helped government improve the efficiency of delivering massive infrastructure projects such as the building of schools and hospitals. This was a statement made by Jacob Mamabolo, Gauteng’s MEC for Infrastructure Development...
Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Mzwandile Masina is leading a team of officials to fix and clean up the Germiston CBD street by street. A team of officials and workers was led by Masina to fix potholes, unblock stormwater drains, reinstate pavements...
The South African roads sector has an infrastructure backlog amounting to almost R200 billion, transport minister Dipuo Peters said at the Hope Ministry Church in Kempton Park on Monday. The roads sector has been facing many funding and skills...
