A group of Cape Town based Greenpeace Africa volunteers has started an ambitious campaign calling on South Africa’s top political parties to adopt a ban on single-use plastics in their election manifestos ahead of this year’s...
A lack of progress on National Development Plan implementation is killing off South Africa’s construction sector and hampering economic growth. This is according to construction industry association Master Builders’ Association North and comes...
The Sol Plaatje municipality is clamping down on building owners who do not comply with regulations when constructing or converting existing buildings into residences. The municipality has found that a privately-owned building that was converted...
Access to water and sanitation is internationally recognized human right, however more than two billion people are still deprived of this right. The latest United Nations World Water Development Report, Leaving No One Behind, explores the symptoms...
An Environmental and Social Management Framework (ESMF) is being rolled out among Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries to help accelerate priority electricity projects. The framework, which was developed by SRK Consulting South...
The Dube Trade Port Special Economic Zone in KwaZulu-Natal is set for an R18 billion expansion thanks to a recently unveiled investment. The port, which continues to experience an unprecedented wave of investments, has already created thousands of...
The construction industry is calling on government to step in and intervene to help prevent the destruction of the sector in the country. Â Â The call comes after construction engineering giant Group Five filed for bankruptcy protection last week,...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has, unveiled a state-of-the-art online climate risk profiling and adaptation tool that is set to assist municipalities across South Africa to adapt to climate change. Speaking at the launch...
By Marleze van Loggerenberg* The rise of the prosumer – a trend that has been gathering momentum in Europe in recent times – could well be the answer to a multitude of challenges faced by the power utilities in Africa. Currently, there are about...
