The City Lodge Hotel Group is pleased to announce a large-scale solar installation project at 25 of its 60 hotels. This R20-million investment in renewable power generation heralds a new era for the group. This follows a successful pilot study at...
Contractors in the building industry have welcomed the newly-appointed Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Patricia De Lille’s launch of an investigation into the failure by the department to pay them within the stipulated maximum period...
Businesses in the city centre remain closed as the workers continue to stage protests. They’re demanding an 18 percent salary hike. Motorists are having to deal with road blockades and the city’s bus service has also been...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille says her department has set aside more than R260 million for the repairs and maintenance of court buildings across the country. Moreover, the Minister said she will ensure that service...
By the year 2050, a quarter of the every world’s cities will be facing water shortages. Cape Town is already running out of water now. But the catastrophe was foreseeable: politicians have ignored periods of drought and the rapidly growing...
Concern has been raised about the state of the country’s rivers, as it’s estimated that the water is being polluted by billions of litres of raw sewage on a daily basis. Experts believe that this is reaching crisis levels. While issues have been...
The recent heavy downpours in the Western Cape has resulted in a major boost in dam levels. The biggest dam in the province, the Theewaterskloof Dam, increased by 8.6% since last week bringing the levels up to a healthy 61.7%. Clanwilliam Dam, the...
Bluewater, a leader in water purification technology and solutions, called for urgent new strategies to tackle plastic pollution. This is after a UK university study revealed that water treatment processes exacerbate break down of microplastics...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) together with the Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF, formerly the Department of Environmental Affairs) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to commemorate...
