The Department of Water and Sanitation working with the Department of Education in Eastern Cape is continuing to roll-out of water tanks, in its efforts to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus. The second phase of the roll-out is aimed at the...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has sped-up the resumption of advanced infrastructure works in the Phase II of the LHWP with the beginning of excavation works of two diversion tunnels. The two tunnels will divert the waters of...
By 2050, the amount of e-waste will more than double to 120 million metric tons a year if nothing is done to tackle this massive problem. However, data erasure could be the answer, but only if processes are implemented as part of its Corporate...
Giving women access to safe and clean water could be what South Africa needs to have a thriving future. That’s according to Amnesty International South Africa, which says women are the ones who mostly suffer the consequences of lack of water...
As business and manufactures start to reopen, many retain their objectives of “zero waste to landfill”. This goal acknowledges that it is not possible to produce no waste at all, but instead requires companies to look at their waste streams and...
The South African plastics industry has welcomed the recent findings released by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), confirming that reusable, plastic shopping bags have the lowest environmental footprint compared to carrier...
As construction sites reopen on condition that all Covid-19 health and safety measures are adhered to, contractors may be able to recover some of the delays incurred and cost of implementing these new health and safety measures, according to...
eThekwini Municipality has been recognised by the World Bank’s Competitive Cities Programme as one of the best practice cities for its economic response to the Covid-19 global pandemic. In a session titled “How Cities are Supporting Their Economies...
The effects of the winter season are starting to show and the impact this will have on the country’s dams will be felt until the rainy season comes. This week’s dam levels report issued by the Department of Water and Sanitation shows that the...
