Power shortages and a transition to a lower-carbon future, in line with South Africa’s Paris Agreement commitments, will require the country to harness new technologies. Energy storage, which will be a critical element of a modern power system,...
A new technology may help to create jobs, clean the environment and contribute to the local construction industry by upcycling plastic into durable cement. South Africa creates and uses over one million tonnes of unrecycled plastic waste which can...
Plastics SA has taken a bold stance in the midst of worldwide calls to ban and reduce plastics: waging war on plastic is not the answer. Instead, the time has come to start waging war on plastic pollution, says Anton Hanekom, executive director of...
Scaling-up renewable energy combined with electrification could deliver more than three quarters of the energy-related emission reductions needed to meet global climate goals. According to the latest edition of the International Renewable Energy...
As an advocate for clean, green, reliable, and economical energy solutions, ABSA has made its campus in central Johannesburg self-sufficient, thanks to a world-class energy centre and grey water plant. Clean energy Absa’s Energy Centre is the first...
The South African building and construction industry remains under tremendous pressure, with confidence still on the decline. According to 2019Q1 cidb SME Conditions Survey, general building (GB) confidence declined by 1 index point to 33. Ntando...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has just announced a R341 million injected into the Vaal cleanup. However a lot more money is needed to rectify the dire situation as raw sewage continues to flow down streets and rivers in the Vaal district....
Overstrand Municipality has awarded a 15-year operations and maintenance (O&M) contract to Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa to manage the municipality’s extensive water and wastewater infrastructure network. Overstrand...
Passenger rail remains the backbone of land-based public transport networks across the world. Unfortunately, the passenger rail service across South Africa, and particularly the Western Cape, has been in a state of crisis characterised by declining...
