The Department of Labour says it has picked up a disturbing trend of a growing disregard for occupational health and safety (OHS) in the public service. Department of Labour Deputy Director-General of Inspection and Enforcement Services Thobile...
On the margins of the Climate Summit in New York, the Japanese government convened the second roundtable with African Regional Economic Communities (RECs), chaired by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, to underline the importance of regional...
The Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation says the continuing vandalism and theft of valves, copper and transformers has a direct bearing on water shortages in many municipalities across South Africa. The committee visited Madibeng Local...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, met with the Rand Water board and its senior officials last night for a full status quo report on water interruptions in Gauteng Parts of Pretoria and Johannesburg have been without water for...
The board of construction and engineering group Group Five announced this week that it had appointed Eric Vemer as the company’s new CEO. Vemer will start work on 1 December, taking over from Mike Upton, who had approached the JSE-listed group’s...
Ketso Gordhan has resigned as CEO and Executive Director of the Board of PPC with immediate effect. Gordhan regrettably resigned due to differences of opinion with the board, regarding board procedures for the approval of certain decisions. ...
A message from SAICE The death of more than 80 South Africans and the many injured during the collapse of the guesthouse of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in the Ikotun District of Lagos in Nigeria has shocked fellow South...
The United Nations (UN) Climate Summit this week heard a strong commitment for a meaningful, universal climate agreement in Paris next year, with a first draft to be presented in Lima in December. “Change is in the air. The race is on, and you are...
Government plans to put up billboards that will report live on the state of air in highly populated areas in the country. “If the air quality is bad, it will tell you to stay indoors, if you are part of the sensitive population… A person with...
