According to a case study spearheaded by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), if three million existing low-income houses were converted to ‘green’ homes, the electricity saving would be enough to power a city the size of Durban or...
On Thursday 17 October 2013, fines totalling R105 700 were issued in a multi-agency, city-wide operation that targeted dumping, environmental crime and other by-law contraventions, according to City of Cape Town Mayoral Committee Member for Safety...
Aurecon South Africa (Pty) Ltd has been adjudicated as the Number One Company in South Africa in the Engineering Groups Sector for the seventh consecutive year, according to a recent ranking by the Top 500: South Africa’s Best Managed...
The ‘24 Hours of Reality: The Cost of Carbon’ presentation, streamed live to South Africa this week, highlighted the risk of South Africa and Africa’s food supply becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate change and to be addressed by governments...
Plastics|SA, the umbrella body representing the local plastics industry (including polymer producers and importers, converters, machine suppliers and recyclers), has just released the latest plastics recycling figures for the past year (2012). “The...
Transnet’s credit rating has increased by two notches to ‘BBB’ from the previous ‘BB+’ by Fitch Ratings which according to Transnet confirms the success of its efforts in strengthening the company’s business and financial position. According to...
Armed members of Mozambique’s opposition party Renamo on Wednesday attacked a convoy in the central Sofala province, the fourth of such attacks in more than a week after the party, also a former rebel movement, declared the end of a 1992...
Weekly State of Reservoirs on 2013.10.28. Click HERE for the report.
Artesian boreholes – which spontaneously discharge water without being pumped – are a common feature worldwide. However, the hydraulic testing of these boreholes, and estimating of aquifer properties (where groundwater occurs in reasonable...
