Eskom says it has temporarily closed its Camden power plant in Mpumalanga because the dam where it stores the ash from burning coal could burst and endanger local residents. The state-owned electricity utility’s 1 600-megawatt power plant...
The current COVID-19 pandemic makes us acutely aware how crucial access and ability for adequate hand hygiene are for reducing transmission risks of communicable diseases. Good hand hygiene is critical to protecting your health and those around...
There is no evidence that COVID-19 will contaminate water supplies, but the pandemic has highlighted water challenges putting communities’ health at risk, say industry stakeholders. Panellists participating in a high-level webinar hosted by Messe...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has placed the Amatola Water Board in the Eastern Cape under administration. The decision follows Sisulu’s meeting with her advisors where she received reports regarding intensified...
Sawmilling South Africa (SSA) and the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA) have offered the South African government their combined resources, skills and expertise as part of their sector’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic. One...
The national coronavirus-related lockdown has put many companies into financial distress, but recent notices from the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission (CIPC) are delaying the business rescue process and in fact fall to be set aside...
Close to 17,000 water tanks and over 1 200 water tankers have been delivered around the country to communities in need during the Covid-19 pandemic. This is according to what the Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu said on Wednesday. This...
An additional 141 water tanks have been rolled out by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) across needy areas of Gauteng to push back against the rising tide of the novel coronavirus pandemic. So far, 1 926 water tanks have been distributed...
Lessons learned from the global response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic give positive signals on how the world can deal with the devastating impacts of climate change. In a new paper, the African Climate Policy Centre (ACPC) of the Economic...
