The Eastern Cape Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) plans to introduce 80% water restrictions to avert a looming disaster of the absence of water in several towns in Gamtoos Valley. Kouga Dam, which supplies the Kouga and Gamtoos valleys, has...
The City of Cape Town has advocated for a conservative relaxation of water restriction levels, which would pave the way for the associated relaxation of the restriction tariffs. Dam levels have again improved, rising to 62% of storage capacity,...
African Rainbow Capital Investments subsidiary, GemCap has acquired online transport management business Linebooker from the Oceana Group. The investment will provide a springboard to expand and grow the existing business and its digital solutions...
The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa have slammed the inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP). The organisation argue that aside from the negative consequences for the environment, the...
South Africa generates an average of 120 million litres of used lubricant oil in a year. While many workshops may be disposing of their used lubricating oil correctly, this is not always the case for other oil related waste. Used lubricating oil is...
Twenty-three cities have pledged to cut waste sent to landfill and incineration by 50%. This will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tons of waste by 2030 on a path towards zero waste. By signing C40’s Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration,...
The tourism and hospitality industry is one of the fastest growing economic sectors globally, which is proving to have a serious, negative impact on the environment. It is becoming increasingly essential that hotels and businesses have...
Johannesburg in South Africa has one of the world’s largest gold deposits. After decades of mining, large swathes of the population are thought to be exposed to toxic and radioactive mine waste. Source: BBC News
The newly improved Cilmor road bridge over the R300 has officially been opened and is expected to improve access to Brackengate 2, a logistics and light industrial business park in Brackenfell South, Cape Town. Brackengate 2 is a joint venture...
