Despite leading earthmoving equipment, pipe and electrical equipment manufacturers, together with suppliers, all reporting a significant reduction in sales over the past year, all is not doom and gloom, comments PMSA sales and marketing manager...
 The death toll on South African roads over the festive season is always high, and 2015 has been no exception. According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation (RTMC), almost 600 people have lost their lives on the country’s roads since...
The Buffalo City Metro Municipality has urged residents to stockpile water as they face water restrictions which will last from Christmas till Valentine’s Day. The municipality released a statement last Wednesday explaining that residents should...
In late December the Water and Sanitation Department indicated that the release of extra water from the Katse Dam in Lesotho would bolster water supply and relieve the impact of the drought. The flow of the 10 Cumec started in late December and was...
KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) North Coast long-term water shortages may momentarily be over when the Lower Tugela Bulk Water Supply Scheme (LTBWSS) starts reticulating water to KwaDukuza and Ballito by mid 2016. Funded by the Department of Water and...
Ten 18 000 litre water tankers have been handed over to alleviate the drought stricken Eastern Cape province by Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane. The minister said, during a visit to Mbashe on Tuesday: “We are here to deliver these...
This was a tumultuous year for South Africa as the country faced off against load shedding, a shaky currency, a drought and a string of protests from the man on the street right up to parliament members. In case you were under a rock this year,...
A well-known soft drink company recently released a study that aims to contribute towards recycling and diverting waste to landfill through the support and development of waste pickers. On 29 September this year, the Department of Environmental...
Over 100 enthusiastic young participants on the Department of Environmental Affairs’ Youth Environmental Services (YES) Programme are equipped to pursue careers in the green economy after having received their graduation certificates at a ceremony...
Cleaning up the water left over from mining operations can literally take generations — 25 to 50 years on average — leaving billions of gallons of the precious resource locked up and useless. Now, a University of Florida (UF) researcher...
