Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a “low” risk to human health at current levels, but more research is needed to reassure consumers. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Studies over the past year on...
Over three million people in South Africa don’t have access to basic water supply services. Over a hundred villages in Limpopo are currently without water. Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, has directed Lepelle Northern Water to...
There’s disagreement over the quality of water in Hammanskraal, with the City of Tshwane insisting it’s safe to drink. But the Human Rights Commission told residents at a community meeting, that it isn’t. The HRC says it intervened...
South Africa’s dam levels have risen to nearly 70%, a sign that large parts of the country will not relapse to the dry conditions that it experienced four years ago during the drought. However, statistics show that the average levels have dropped...
The accidental release of some 240 tons of toxic effluent into the Msunduzi River in Pietermaritzburg last week should alert governing bodies to the importance of identifying and addressing environmental and social risk in all their activities....
Conservationists around the country are rejoicing after news broke that the dumping of liquid waste at landfill sites in South Africa will be banned from 22 August 2019. The Department of Environmental Affairs’ Albie Modise confirmed the new...
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the entire South African plastics industry, has released the plastics recycling figures for 2018. And although more can be done to encourage South African households to recycle, the latest results showed...
South Africa seems to be on the right path with recycling plastic. According to a study by Plastics South Africa, a body representing the South African plastics industry, more than 519,370 tons of plastic waste was collected for recycling in 2018....
Gansbaai in the Western Cape is struggling to cope with refuse spilling into the sea but marine biologists are fighting back. They have installed a litter catching storm water net, the first of what they hope will be many. Source:...
