Over the past year, residents of Carolina in Mpumalanga have been experiencing serious challenges in accessing drinkable water. Significantly, according to the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs, almost half of the Mpumalanga population...
A new report released today by WWF-South Africa (WWF-SA) and WWF-UK, in collaboration with Carbon Tracker, Trucost, SinCo and the Government Employee Pension Fund (GEPF), shows that institutional investors are failing to systematically factor in...
Dwindling profitability and water scarcity have left South Africa with less than two-thirds of the number of food-producing farms it had in the early 1990s, says the latest agricultural trends report by the World Wide Fund for Nature in South...
Time lapse footage of building a segmental retaining wall. The old wall had failed and we re-built it using new Anchor Diamond Straight Face wall block. The wall holds up the homeowners driveway and serves as an extra parking spot when needed. The...
According to BDLive’s columnists Ron Derby, the rand’s tilt towards the R9/$ mark appears to coincide with the deadline for renewable energy contractors to hedge their purchases for South Africa’s R100bn renewable energy...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) said on Friday it would continue with mass action, starting with marches on November 30 and closing the freeways around Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Tshwane on December 6. The Transport Laws and...
Gauteng finance MEC Mandla Nkomfe says it is not correct that the government has led in growing the South African economy since 1994, while the private sector seems reluctant to play its part. However, more predictability and transparency in...
South Africans are paying millions of rands extra for toll roads as a group of powerful players reap the spoils of lucrative tenders from the SA Roads Agency (Sanral), while cheaper options are ignored. A court will hear arguments for and against...
The construction of the N2 Wild Coast Road, that has been the subject of a public debate for more than a decade, could start as early as next year, according to the Department of Environmental Affairs. The road, which is one of the major projects...
