End-of-life tyres are increasingly presenting waste management challenges owing to the large volumes disposed of annually. These waste tyres possess unique properties that can once again reused in a sustainable materials stream to supplement the...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has managed to employ the majority of the students who received comprehensive bursaries from the local government institution on a full time basis, since a strategy to counter the loss of engineering skills was...
An advisory panel report on the socio-economic impact of the e-tolls in Gauteng has recommended that elements of the current e-toll system must be reviewed to address affordability, among others. “…the main recommendation of the panel is that...
With the increase in electricity demand, load shedding remains a reality for the near future for South Africa, says power utility Eskom. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said the country had just about exhausted the...
The first batch of new diesel locomotives for the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) arrived at the Cape Town harbour on Wednesday. The trains were met by Transport Minister Dipuo Peters who walked towards the Afro4002 loco and kissed...
Brick manufacturers are upbeat on prospects for 2015 following an increase in government infrastructural spending. Corobrik managing director Dirk Meyer says that added to infrastructural spending there has been a 15% increase in sales due to a...
Lance Greyling, DA Shadow Minister of Energy, has called on Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of Energy, to confirm on record that her department has plans and processes in place to allow for the smooth transition of the solar water heater rebate...
A Nigerian fishing community “devastated” by two serious oil spills in 2008 will receive more than $80 million from Royal Dutch Shell. The Anglo-Dutch energy giant’s Nigerian arm has agreed to pay $83.5 million to people in Bodo, a town in southern...
A US$ 420 000 preparation grant for the development of a portfolio of independent solar-hybrid mini-grids, in rural growth centres in Tanzania, has been approved by the Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA). The grant which was made to Jumeme...
The Ozone layer is showing the first signs of an upward ozone trend, putting it back on the track to recovery, according to a report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). According to...
