Much has been written about the unacceptably high non- revenue water losses suffered by most municipalities and it is common knowledge that there are few water supply authorities that can claim a water loss of less than 30% of their purified water...
The DA says it will ask the Public Protector to investigate reports that President Jacob Zuma is renting the land his palatial private home is built on, for a mere R800 a month.
Alien invasive plants that strangle out South Africa’s natural flora have been the target of teams of weed controllers for a century this year. Armed with carefully selected agents – insects that eat only the target plant – these dedicated...
Three years since it became operational, King Shaka International Airport has made great strides in protecting and preserving the communities around it. The airport is Airports Company South Africa’s first green-field project, located 35 kilometres...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, is set to launch the Groen Sebenza Jobs Fund Project, spearheaded by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), at the Pretoria National Botanical Gardens this Saturday,...
The new Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) head office in Pretoria has received a 6 Star Green Star SA Office Design v1 certification from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA). This is the first government building in South Africa...
Monitoring of groundwater usage is under way at a number of schools in the Western Cape, following a programme to use less municipality-supplied water to irrigate sports fields and other open spaces at newly built schools. SRK Consulting, a leading...
Construction of Phases 1 and 2 of the Swartland Bulk Water Pipeline in Gouda, Western Cape, commenced in May last year and has reached the final stages with an estimated completion date of mid-2013, Ehrane Holderness, UWP Consulting principal...
Because eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) is going all out to minimise the number of leaks and conserve the city’s precious water resources, it has been decided to replace the inlet pipe that transfers water from the main line to the Jerome...
