The Organisation for Economic Cooperation on Development (OECD) released its 2013 Economic Survey of South Africa this week in Midrand, Johannesburg. At the launch, Angel Gurría, OECD secretary-general, highlighted how the country can use “green...
Novel approach to carcass disposal Dr Melanie Jones, a veterinarian based in Cape Town and founder of Zero to Landfill Organics, is running a trial on the composting of companion animal carcasses that are currently being taken to landfill. These...
Experts in the field agree: carbon tax is coming, possibly this financial year or the next, and companies must ready themselves for this extra burden. But what will it entail and how ready is Treasury for implementation? Kyle Mandy, partner at...
The deputy minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, embarks on Sandspruit River clean-up in Senekal, Free State. “One of our biggest challenges in the water sector is high levels of pollution in our rivers nationally, which...
The Western Cape Department of Agriculture, assisting the Genadendal Farmers’ Union under the 2008 Flood Relief Scheme, has installed two permanent water reservoirs near Voorstekraal, an Overberg village on the outskirts of Genadendal, to enable...
At present, several smaller municipalities are struggling to operate and maintain their services infrastructure in a cost-effective and sustainable manner. At present, several smaller municipalities are struggling to operate and maintain their...
Endress+Hauser has increased its install base in water and wastewater plants across the country over the past three to four years and has shown good growth in the industry. This was mainly achieved by increasing the confidence of plant builders and...
Pictured: Corne Oberholzeris part of the Deloitte local government team The poor state of municipal finances is now a well-documented phenomenon. In the 2010/11 financial year, for example, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) found that only...
Xylem Water Solutions South Africa is opening a brand new rental depot in Steelpoort, Limpopo in the near future. The decision to open a depot in Steelpoort was realised because of the rapidly growing demand in mining operations in the area. The...
