South Africa’s power utility Eskom said on Friday it aims to borrow a further R55 billion rand and turn its government debt into equity as it looks to boost generating capacity amid chronic power cuts. Africa’s most developed economy is...
The City of Cape Town will be undertaking a review of its big spend areas to assess where the greatest environmental impact can be achieved. The review will form part of the City’s commitment to increasingly include green procurement criteria into...
The City of Johannesburg will spend more than R150-million, over the next four years, on the redevelopment of the Rotunda Park Precinct as part of the extreme makeover of Turffontein, southeast of Johannesburg. The redevelopment of the area, one of...
The Heyshope water system is going to be out of action for 10 days due to a planned maintenance outage by the Department of Water and Sanitation. The outage, which will run from 12 to 21 June 2015, will allow the department to undertake maintenance...
Infrastructure investment spending has quadrupled, exports have increased and Africa is receiving a growing share of foreign direct investment, says President Jacob Zuma. “These positive trends come on the back of improved governance and a much...
Government is on course to improve the public transport system, including passenger rail, to benefit all South Africans, says Transport Minister Dipuo Peters. “We have allocated R4 billion for rail operations and R4.1 billion for the Capital...
Upgrade work to the Knysna CBD sewer reticulation and the main sewer pump station has run into some delays, according to the Municipality. The municipality recently decided to upgrade the pipeline following an increase in the population that has...
Tetra Pak, the food processing and packaging solutions company, operates numerous projects and programmes in support of the environment, such as environmental education programmes for children, increasing carton recycling rates, producing...
The City of Johannesburg is looking to Portland, Oregon, to evaluate the feasibility of its in-pipe hydropower system to generate energy. Mayor Parks Tau’s visit comes after announcement during the State of the City Address that the City was...
According to a report by wasteplan.co.za, Sweden has achieved the ultimate fantasy in waste management, less than 1% of their waste goes to landfill. Using 32 waste-to-energy (WTE) plants that have been set up across the country to incinerate over...
