The government and its agencies responsible for infrastructure development must finalise tariff schedules, including what consumers will pay for projects, well before their implementation in order to avoid resistance, according to a proposal. The...
Waste industry experts across the country and internationally, will be descending on the East London International Convention Centre from 9 – 12 October 2012 to discuss pertinent waste management issues at this year’s WasteCon2012, South Africa’s...
Air pollution is a growing problem in Africa, driven by lack of regulations and poverty amongst others. Beatrice Philemon from IPP Mediareports that in Africa, urban outdoor air pollution is responsible for an estimated 63 000 premature deaths each...
Used cooking oil from the Spur Corporation is now being converted into biodiesel. More than a million litres have already been sued to power a range of fishing vessels, trucks and mining equipment. Spur has run this initiative for around six years...
In line with its fast-growing economy and abundance of natural resources, Mozambique is becoming a darling for energy-hungry countries and the corporates who mine that energy. According to Alastair Campbell, Standard Bank’s executive vice-president...
As the world searches desperately for ways to boost food production by at least 70% by 2050 to feed an increasingly hungry planet, many are looking to Africa as the place where a large part of this potential can be realised, mainly for its huge...
Africa is set to experience an energy boom with the recent announcement by the South African government of the lifting of the moratorium on shale gas exploration and the recent discovery of oil in Namibia, Ghana and others. Nowhere is this more...
All environmentally conscious people are pleased when they see an increasing shift in consumers to make a much greener choice when buying. Due to this wave, pressure is being placed on corporates to follow suit and become more environmentally...
3W Power/AEG Power Solutions, based in the Netherlands, has inaugurated is new solar inverter manufacturing facility in the country. The plant will manufacture AEG’s new Protect PV630 photovoltaic inverters. Situated in Milnerton, the facility,...
David Hodgkinson, a lawyer, leads an international project team which is drafting a treaty to address the problem of climate change displacement. He is the co-author of Global Climate Change: Australian Law and Policy. His anaylsis, seen below, was...
