This installment of Going Green we look at the warming of oceans – one of the effects of global warming. Measuring the magnitude and the rate at which the oceans are warming is a complex process. But, according to a report from the UN...
Organisations in KwaZulu-Natal have been honoured for effective and efficient waste management practices at the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa’s (IWMSA) KZN Waste Management Awards 2018. Unilever Indonsa (large general...
Non-profit organization, groundWork has partnered with the South African Waste Pickers Association to host a government officials zero waste exchange in the Vaal triangle this week. The event, which is taking place from 21-22 November 2018, has...
Learners from Laerskool Noord (Red School), situated in Phalaborwa, recently celebrated the official opening of three new mobile classrooms. The classrooms, which were provided by the Department of Education, were equipped by the multi award...
World toilet day was commemorated recently, but for thousands of people in rural and even urban areas in the Eastern Cape this day holds no meaning. Many resort to do-it-yourself facilities, inadequate and dangerous stop gap measures. Thousands of...
The City of Cape Town may be dealing with numerous water challenges but against all odds it has managed to make the provision of sanitation a priority. The City’s MMC for Informal Settlements, Water and Waste Services and Energy, Xanthea Limberg,...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says towns under the Setsoto Local Municipality will no longer be forced to deal with overflowing sewerage running through the streets. This is because its construction unit, based in Standerton, is in the...
As people around the globe commemorated World Toilet Day 2018, South Africans were reminded of the dire sanitation situation facing schools across the country. For learners from nearly 4Â 000 South African schools answering natures call is not...
As World Toilet Day was celebrated around the globe, South Africans were met with the shocking realisation that more people have access to cellphones in the country than toilets. According to the latest figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats...
