Producers have begun meeting consumer demands for sustainable, responsible packaging, Tetra Pak announced. The company said that more Middle Eastern and African companies have started using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) labelled cartons to...
By Tracy-Lee Erasmus A notice to the paper and packaging, electrical and electronic and lighting industries in terms of s28 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, No 59 of 2008, was published on 12 August 2016 by Minister of...
Six years ago, the Visserhoek landfill site in Cape Town was granted authorisation to extend its lifespan to provide an extra six to nine years of landfill capacity. This extension was granted provided the City of Cape Town develop a master plan...
Planning for new highways has been brought to a standstill due to a severe lack of funds, the South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) manager for tolls and traffic Alex van Niekerk said. Speaking at the Transport Forum Month of Transport...
The electricity sector should “look outside” for solutions to the enormous challenges confronting the industry, says Local Government and Traditional Affairs Minister David van Rooyen. Speaking at the 65th Convection of the Association of Municipal...
The preferred bidders of the first bid window for the coal baseload programme are Thabametsi and Khanyisa, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson announced on Monday. The Coal Programme which was launched in December 2014 is the first baseload...
Safe and clean drinking water is a basic right to all South Africans, however there was a new threat going undetected until recently. Several medical and agricultural departments at the University of Pretoria have partnered with Rand Water to...
A strike which began last Wednesday by employees at Amatola Water was brought to an end when the Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane flew to the Eastern Cape to address their concerns on Saturday. The workers, who belong to the South...
South Africa has been under constant pressure to produce higher outputs of renewable energy. Gas-to-power ports, wind farms and hydro-power infrastructure are some methods that SA is using to decrease the country’s reliance on coal generated...
When Education Minister Blade Nzimande announced an 8% increment for students whose families earned more than R600 000 a year, little did he expect students’ retaliation to the news to cost the country almost R1 billion in damages. Three weeks...
