Environmental justice group groundWork, represented by the Centre for Environmental Rights (CER), has launched High Court proceedings against Environmental Affairs Minister Nomvula Mokonyane and the President of South Africa to set aside...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) supports the recent arrest of nine individuals, including two eThekwini municipal officials, for their involvement in waste tender fraud totaling R 208 million. The IWMSA has also...
The findings of a new study involving researchers from IIASA, Princeton and several other institutions looked into the question of how much the current generation should invest in reducing carbon emissions for the benefit of future generations....
As of 30 January 2019, a new source of solar power is boosting Eskom’s national grid from the Northern Cape town of Kathu, where a R12 billion generation plant has achieved commercial operation, following two years of construction that saw almost...
A UWC-based initiative is set to explore how to clean up some of South Africa’s filthiest cities. The Department of Science and Technology (DST), with the support of the Department of Environmental Affairs and the South African Local...
Group Five is preparing a sale of three of its biggest subsidiaries as the former construction giant races to salvage what it can from bankruptcy proceedings. One of the Johannesburg-based company’s business rescue practitioners, David Lake said in...
The KwaZulu-Natal department of cooperative governance and traditional affairs (Cogta) assured the public that the province would be able to conduct national elections despite recent devastating floods. Severe flooding damaged access roads to some...
Law firm De Beer Attorneys said on Monday that more than 400 local organisations, enterprises and small businesses had joined a class action lawsuit against Eskom. The law firm said it was now preparing a damages claim for individual businesses who...
EThekwini Municipality has sincerely apologised to all residents and the business community that they believe has had to bear the brunt of the illegal strike. The city has been left unable to provide basic services as per the norm in certain areas...
