Long-term sustainable recycling in South Africa requires long-term sustainable investment in the country’s recycling capacity. This is the view of Mpact Recycling managing director John Hunt who says this means investing in recycling facilities...
Waste management professionals from all sectors will gather this month for the Landfill 2017 conference and for the first time ever the event will be held at an operational landfill site. The KwaZulu Natal Landfill and Waste Treatment Interest...
The Kouga Municipality in Jeffrey’s Bay in the Eastern Cape has received permission from the Department of Environmental Affairs to dig a trench to alleviate an overflowing estuary. The estuary that has forced the closure of the bridge that...
The first construction tender for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) was advertised recently indicating that construction on the project is set to begin within months. The tender is the first of the approximately 20 advance infrastructure...
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has confirmed that upgrade work to the M1 Oxford and Federation bridges has reached an end with lanes set to open to traffic from Monday. The M1 Oxford and Federation bridges will open to three lane traffic in two...
Multinational water firm SUEZ recently completed its acquisition of General Electric’s (GE) lucrative water and process technologies division, GE Water & Process Technologies, for €3.2 Billion. The acquisition, which was effective as of 30...
The World Bank Group is calling on South African companies to stake a claim to the US$45 billion that the group has set aside for projects in Africa. Speaking at a seminar on doing business with the World Bank on Friday, Executive Director of the...
A new, innovative decentralised water purification system was launched this month and is set to change the South African water purification landscape – one installation at a time. The Kusini Water System, which was recently installed in the...
Transport Month officially kicked off this week with Minister Joe Maswanganyi launching the event, at Sinaba Stadium in Ekurhuleni on Friday. Under the theme ‘Together we move South Africa Forward’, the government is calling on citizens to work...
