Caption: Alistair Green, Talbot Operation Manager and Megan Schlebusch, Marketing Coordinator of Talbot & Talbot handing a gift of appreciation to speaker Chris Fennmore from eThekwini. Water scarcity is undoubtedly one of the most significant...
An urgent solution is needed in Giyani, Limpopo, where the Nsami Dam is drying up, the IFP said on Monday. “Water tanks and tankers need to be provided by the [Mopani district] municipality urgently to this area,” Inkatha Freedom Party...
After more than 40 years of serving as South Africa’s premier hub for water-centred knowledge, in which 100 research reports are printed a year, on average, the Water Research Commission (WRC) storeroom is opening its doors to the public. The bulk...
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN says. “Eliminating inequalities can start in the most unlikely of places: a toilet,”...
Changes have been announced to South Africa’s the national solar water heating (SWH) programme. The model will move from a rebate model to a government funded fiscus model that will involve a R4.5 billion spend over three years to achieve the...
Over the past year, residents of Carolina in Mpumalanga have been experiencing serious challenges in accessing drinkable water. Significantly, according to the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, almost half of the Mpumalanga population...
A new report released today by WWF-South Africa (WWF-SA) and WWF-UK, in collaboration with Carbon Tracker, Trucost, SinCo and the Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF), shows that institutional investors are failing to systematically factor in...
Dwindling profitability and water scarcity have left South Africa with less than two-thirds of the number of food-producing farms it had in the early 1990s, says the latest agricultural trends report by the World Wide Fund for Nature in South...
Time lapse footage of building a segmental retaining wall. The old wall had failed and we re-built it using new Anchor Diamond Straight Face wall block. The wall holds up the homeowners driveway and serves as an extra parking spot when needed. The...
According to BDLive’s columnists Ron Derby, the rand’s tilt towards the R9/$ mark appears to coincide with the deadline for renewable energy contractors to hedge their purchases for South Africa’s R100bn renewable energy...
