Two engineers from South Africa were designing a wheel barrel when they realised they could put water in the wheel. From that idea the Hippo Roller was born and is now changing people’s lives all over the world. Produced by Grace Raver....
The Southern African Development Community (SADC) has established a team to coordinate a regional response to the impacts of the El-Niño phenomenon on livelihoods in close collaboration with member states. The SADC region is experiencing a...
National satisfaction with water-related services has decreased since 2005 despite the fact that access to water has increased. According to the recently released General Household Survey 2015, 62% of households rated the quality of water-related...
The City of Cape Town is clamping down on illegal stormwater and sewer connections. The City’s sewer inspectorate is reportedly making steady progress with its stormwater ingress programme. This programme is an essential component of the strategy...
EThekwini Municipality has committed itself to township renewal. KwaMashu is one area that has seen much development with two recently completed projects, namely the KwaMashu Station Traders Market and the Phoenix, Inanda, Ntuzuma and KwaMashu...
Given the negative publicity surrounding the principle and process of preserving South Africa’s historical buildings, it may be time to change the conversation around how we define and value our national heritage. This is according to architect and...
The planned Waste Management Bureau will be fully operationalised this year, said Minister of Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa at the opening of the 5th Waste Khoro. The Waste Management Bureau will oversee the implementation of Industry Waste...
South Africa has avoided a downgrade to junk status, but global ratings agency Standard & Poor (S&P) has maintained that outlook remains negative on weak growth. “The outlook remains negative, reflecting the potential adverse consequences...
The North West Department of Local Government and Human Settlements has embarked on search for alternative sanitation technology that will replace the current ventilated improved pit toilets currently being used. Most of the province is on located...
