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...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says Cuban experts in the water and sanitation sector, which have been contracted to work in South Africa for two years, continue to be productive. The Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane...
Over 100 families living in the Polokwane Transit Camp, near Newlands East, were handed the keys to their new homes in Cornubia, Phase 1B over the weekend. Among the recipients was 20 year-old Wandile Khumalo who is disabled. He was elated at...
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has congratulated the City of Johannesburg after the Fitch Ratings agency upgraded its national long-term rating. Fitch also upgraded the national senior unsecured ratings on outstanding bonds and affirmed the city’s...
The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has welcomed Chinese company YI LI DA SA’s R150 million blanket factory which is expected to create 1000 direct jobs in Boksburg, Gauteng. The Chinese company recently opened the eco-friendly factory that...
President Jacob Zuma has signed into law the Criminal Matters Amendment Act, which will help to curb infrastructure-related crimes. The act amends the Criminal Procedure Act of 1977. It will see the introduction of harsher sentences for the...
Jozi@Work, the City of Johannesburg’s R3-billion mass empowerment and job-creation programme, on recently offered a further R120 000 in work packages to Soweto’s small businesses and co-operatives – bringing to more than R660 000 the total value of...
Rustenburg Municipality’s manager Bheki Khenisa was saved from suspension by opposition parties who staged a walk-out at a special council meeting on Friday. The meeting collapsed after opposition parties walked-out and about seven African...
