While NEPAD’s bioenergy policy is geared towards the increased use of renewable energy and the development of mega energy infrastructure for the African continent, Africa cannot afford development models where growth is not synonymous with economic...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality (EMM) on Tuesday 26 March urged all industries in the region operating a scheduled process to renew their atmospheric emission licence in order to comply with the requirements of Section 21 of the National...
Pictured: Anton Hanekom Exec Dir Plastics SA and Freek Robinson Role players and decision makers in the South African plastics industry made use of the opportunity to air their views on matters relating to the growth of the industry, sustainability...
The City of Cape Town used National Water Week as an opportunity to promote the importance of water conservation in the metropole. “The City’s Water and Sanitation Department has a proud history of engaging with residents and businesses as well as...
Technology producing a win-win situation for both the industry and environment has been announced, coinciding with South Africa’s national water week. Research published in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group) shows a newly developed...
Compassion International recognizes World Water Day on March 22nd, 2013. As the world’s leading child development ministry, Compassion International tackles the root causes of poverty in the lives of children around the globe. Providing safe...
“WaterWatchers” harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to report water leaks and issues. On 22 March 2013, World Water Day, IBM in collaboration with the City of Tshwane, launched a crowdsourcing project to help capture, share and analyse information...
“Every South African has a responsibility to make adjustments to their consumption of this very critical and scarce resource,” said Deputy Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi during the handing over of certificates to...
The Eko Atlantic City in Nigeria has reached the halfway mark of its 10 million square kilometres reclaiming land project. The celebration comes at an important point in the development of this reclaimed land, once part of Victoria Island and lost...
Rhodes University Ecologist Professor Jay O’keefe believes there are few skilled water scientists and water engineers in South Africa. Professor O’keefe says urgent solutions should be found to deal with the scarcity of water in the world. He added...
