The announcement to temporarily withhold equitable shares due to municipalities in July was met with both cheers and scrutiny. Equitable shares are ‘non-negotiable’, and the national government has no say in how those shares are used by the...
South Africa’s scrap metal sector already delivers one of the country’s most effective circular economy systems, but aligning compliance requirements with the operational realities of the industry remains a major challenge, says Alfred Julius...
As Africa grapples with increasing water scarcity, climate variability and growing food demands, the conversation around water management is shifting. No longer viewed simply as an input for irrigation, water is increasingly recognised as the...
South Africa’s water sector faces an enormous financing challenge. With an estimated R90 billion required annually for water and sanitation infrastructure, but average spending of just R17 billion a year between 2018 and 2022, the gap...
As South Africa’s extended producer responsibility (EPR) framework matures, refurbishers are emerging as a critical yet underdeveloped link in the country’s e-waste value chain. According to Keith Anderson, CEO of eWASA, the shift from a...
Minister of Finance, Enoch Godongwana, confirms that the National Treasury is temporarily withholding R13.5 billion in equitable share transfers to 69 municipalities across all nine provinces, including major metros like the City of Johannesburg....
Landfills, depending on who you speak to, are either highly engineered last resort environmental barriers, or the biggest openly legal threat to environmental health. The truth is that the role of the landfill has changed over the years, and its...
