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...
The Cape Town International Airport is experiencing a temporary water supply disruption due to ongoing municipal repair work outside the airport precinct. “While airport operations continue, contingency measures are in place to support passengers...
With International Zero Waste Day on 30 March 2026, consumers and businesses will be using this opportunity to explore how they can open up more resource recovery from their waste streams, to ultimately divert waste from landfill. When most people...
The Free State province’s strategic location has the potential to catapult the province into South Africa’s natural logistics and distribution hub. This, according to President Cyril Ramaphosa, who delivered the opening remarks at a meeting between...
