Dr Yusuf Dadoo Hospital, in Krugersdorp West of Johannesburg, recently played host to a health care waste awareness event. The purpose of the event according to Environmental Health Practitioner, Nyeleti Zitha, was to inform all health-care workers...
Approximately 100 volunteers rolled up their sleeves recently to help rid Robben Island of waste in the iconic landmarks largest clean-up to date. As a tourist attraction and World Heritage site Robben Island draws over 300 000 visitors annually....
The North West provincial government is set to launch its first state owned waste buy-back centre in Mahikeng, as part of a waste management plan. Through the buy-back centre waste collectors will be able to sell recyclable waste like paper,...
There aren’t enough air quality monitoring stations in the country. This emerged during the first day of a three-day Air quality governance Lekgotla underway in Kimberley. Industries including mining companies are regarded as the main...
A few weeks ago Energy Minister Jeff Radebe released an updated Integrated Resource Plan – IRP – for public input for a period of 60 days. The plan in its current form sees a halt to nuclear power expansion plans until 2030 and will...
The extent of South Africa’s Transport related assets collectively make it one of the country’s largest national assets raising the question: Are we planning and implementing transport projects to get the most out of the opportunities that exist,...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) has called on the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) to order an intervention and financial rescue plan for Emfuleni Local Municipality. This comes after the commission held hearings last week to...
Over 200 women from the engineering sector are expected to gather in Johannesburg later this year for the 9th Annual Women in Engineering Convention. The conference, which is set to take place on 14, 15 and 16 November 2018 at the Indaba Hotel, in...
Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta), Zweli Mkhize, has revealed that his department is setting up an intervention programme that will assist to build capacity in distressed municipalities. Tabling the Municipal...
