President Jacob Zuma is quite correct to defend the success of the government’s service delivery efforts, according to the South African Institute of Race Relations. Addressing a South African Local Government Association conference in...
Lesotho’s Highlands water system, which supplies water from the mountainous kingdom to the South Africa province that includes Johannesburg and the capital Pretoria, will shut the next two months for maintenance work. Gauteng province, South...
Government won its Constitutional Court battle to re-instate e-tolling, but the war is not over as civil society groups look to the public consultation process and a court review. Wayne Duvenage, chairman of the Opposition to Urban Tolling...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) president Dr Martin Van Veelenhas been elected as the new president of the Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO). Dr Martin Van Veelen was nominated and elected for this...
Recycling effectively requires separating out recyclable materials, finding out what the community allows people to recycle and removing contaminants like plastic bags and Styrofoam. Recycle smarter, paying attention to what can easily be recycled...
At a swanky function Gallagher Estate in Midrand, 37 entries into the best recycled product of the year, hosted by the South African Plastics Recyclers Organisation (Sapro), with the support of Plastics|SA and the Packaging Council of South Africa...
After the judgement by the Gauteng North High Court on Monday that the application by the South African Tyre Recycling Process (SATRP) and Bridgestone for an interdict against Edna Molewa was dismissed, the SATRP reported that their legal team will...
Entries for the 2012 Eco-Logic Awards have exceeded all expectations and with judging now completed the finalists for each of the awards have been announced. According to David Parry Davies, founder of The Enviropaedia and initiator of the Awards...
The South African Association of Energy Efficiency (SAAEE) commented on the recent announcement of the postponement of Window 3 of the REIPPP, as reported in our last newsletter. South Africa has postponed significantly the bidding deadline for...
Mpact Recycling reports that paper recycling has grown almost exponentially, with the volume of paper recovered for recycling in South Africa increasing by almost a third in the last ten years. At this rate, it can be around 63% by 2017. This,...
