An estimated 63Â 000 premature deaths in Africa annually can be attributed to urban outdoor air pollution, says a new study by the University of Dar es Salaam. According to the study titled National Inventory of Air Pollution in Tanzania, this means...
The AfriCAN Climate Consortium, in conjunction with the University of the Witwatersrand and FANRPAN, hosted the Third AfriCAN Climate Award for excellence in research in climate change adaptation and mitigation in an African context on the 23 April...
Following on the growing success of previous e-waste collection days, eWASA and its members are gearing up to host the second e-waste collection day for 2014 on Saturday 10 May (09:00 to 13:00). Everyone is encouraged to bring broken and unwanted...
Kenya is now implementing a comprehensive National Single Window (NSW) which will assist the country in improving trade facilitation in the region. According to Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta the implementation of Kenya’s NSW is the single most...
The Minister of Transport has announced the names of the non-executive members of the Board of the Cross-Border Road Transport Agency (C-BRTA). Appointed to the board for three years, effective from 1 April 2014 are Pamela Pokane (chairperson),...
The new port at Pemba, in Mozambique’s Cabo Degado province is due to begin in 2015. Tavares Martinho, director at state owned company ENH Logistics said, “The port will have a 300 metre dock capable of receiving ships with a maximum draught of 12...
The online application platform for the Infrastructure Investment Programme for South Africa (IIPSA) has gone live. The IIPSA is a €100 million (R1.5 billion) ground-breaking programme to provide grant funding in support of loans for essential...
The Department of Labour will hold nationwide public hearings on the contract cleaning sector to review the minimum wage for the sector. In terms of the Basic Conditions of Employment Act, the current sectorial determination, which governs the...
Three ministers are representing South Africa at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on Africa Summit. The three ministers are Trade Minister Rob Davies, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan and Co-operative Governance Minister Lechesa Tsenoli. The summit in...
