The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) says it is making headway with the Vaal River rehabilitation project. Members of the SANDF were deployed last year to help clean up the river which is currently polluted by sewage. Communities...
Africa’s demand for energy is steadily increasing and solutions to meet this growth have become a major concern among energy sector leaders. The continent’s per capita energy consumption is growing faster than that of any other continent, owed...
Vehicle uptime is a key factor in ensuring profitability for any transport operator and it’s that aspect that has helped to shape core strategies for truck brands Tata and Daewoo in South Africa. Len Brand, CEO of Tata Africa Holdings Limited...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit (SIU) to look into the affairs of Umgeni Water. The KwaZulu-Natal water utility is the second largest water board in the country, with an annual turnover of more than R2.4...
The eThekwini Municipality’s waste woes continued this week following yet another announcement of a disruption in the City’s regular refuse collection service. The municipality on Thursday issued a statement notifying residents of Umlazi Township...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is continuing to call for an independent water regulator to not only regulate the country’s water sector but spearhead much needed interventions. According to Outa the Department of Water and Sanitation has...
Rand Water has reduced water supply to two Mpumalanga municipalities who failed to make payments for services rendered. In a statement released on Wednesday the utility said that water pressure to the Victor Khanye Municipality and the Govan Mbeki...
Despite declining dam levels from the warm summer weather the City of Cape Town says water consumption has remained on the conservative side for the past month. The City says the average water usage, which has remained under 600 million litres of...
The large-scale events market is responding to the increasing concern about plastic pollution by taking steps to minimise the impact of their events on the environment. Helping them slash their use of single-use plastics are companies like...
