After the hype surrounding #plasticfreejuly the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa is asking the question: How do we take our waste conscious attitude further in a truly sustainable way? Leon Grobbelaar, President of the IWMSA says we...
The eThekwini Municipality says parastatals with an outstanding debt in the City have raised objections about the value of the properties they own. This was revealed in a report outlining processes undertaken by the municipality to recover...
President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched a plan to improve sanitation in rural schools. The programme led by the Basic Education Department follows the deaths of two children. They drowned in school pit latrines in Limpopo and the Eastern Cape. About...
IMIESA speaks to Bennie Greyling, managing director of Much Asphalt, about current and future opportunities as the company repositions itself for local and international expansion, and potential product diversification. What changes does Much...
The South African Transport and Allied Workers’ Union (Satawu) on Monday said it was calling on the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) to accelerate its modernisation programme after commuters went on a rampage in Soweto, Johannesburg,...
Government has launched South Africa’s first ever research chairs on waste management, aimed at transforming the sector while contributing to the country’s socio-economic development. The new chairs under the South African Research...
The eThekwini Municipality is partnering with the Pavilion Shopping Centre to increase awareness of the need to value water and use it wisely. Together the City and the shopping centre will be hosting a Water Wise Weekend event which will bring 20...
Construction work to raise the Clanwilliam Dam Wall is expected to start in October this year and the Department of Water and Sanitation says it has been hard at work mobilising all the necessary resources. This comes after Minister Gugile...
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thomson is set to embark on a clean-up campaign around the streets and beaches of eThekwini ahead of the 8th Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) to be held in Durban on Tuesday 14 August 2018. As...
