It is often said that when one door closes, another one opens. This is especially true in the case of the Mpumamanzi Group, writes Maryke Foulds. The company is the brainchild of Thusi Motsepe, analytical chemist, and founder member Rita Botha, who...
“South Africans have shown that we have the power during Earth Hour to make a difference when Eskom confirmed last year that we had switched off and achieved a massive, combined 629MW average reduction on our electricity usage”, says Nicolette...
Optimism over biofuels is tempered by concerns over their economic viability and their implications for socio-economic development, food security and environmental sustainability, the United Nations’s (UN) 2014 World Water Development Report....
Addis Ababa City Administration will construct a large sanitary landfill in Sendafa town. The city is offering up a $27.6 million international tender to construct the landfill which will cover an area of 136ha. Once complete it will be devoted to...
A team of chemists has found that the element californium could change how the world stores radioactive waste and recycles fuel. Using carefully choreographed experiments, the researchers found that californium had the ability to bond and separate...
An $870 million (R9.3 billion) financial agreement has been signed for the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP). “The signing of the over US $870m financing agreements represents a major breakthrough to actualizing the biggest clean power energy...
Carbon tax and carbon offsets are fast becoming a reality but for carbon offsets to be functional, a carbon offset trading system is required. Promethium Carbon has released a report addressing the potential structuring of the market for a carbon...
The RFA annual Convention this year is gearing up to bring the latest news on trucking issues, unravelling legislative impacts and having open discussions on challenges in the road freight industry. The focus of the convention this year is on...
An agreement between Botswana and Namibia has been signed paving the way for a 1 500 kilometre long railway line to be built. This railway line will traverse the Kalahari desert connecting land-locked Botswana with Namibia’s port of Walvis Bay. The...
