This Mandela Day, Polyco will be sending out 2700 care packages to waste reclaimers at its Packa-Ching buy-back centres and its enterprise development projects located across the country. Waste reclaimers play a critical role within South Africa’s...
The estimated edible portion of food waste throughout the supply chain in South Africa is 10.2 million tonnes per year. This can be broken down into 2.7 million tonnes during agricultural production, 2.4 million tonnes during post-harvest handling...
WACO Modular is excited to announce its certification in accordance with the ISO 14001 standard, a recognised measure for Environmental Management Systems (EMS). This certification highlights WACO Modular’s unwavering dedication to conscious and...
As Africa grapples increasingly with too much or too little water – as well as water that is too dirty to use – the mining sector is needing to responsibly fulfil its own needs while remaining a good steward of this precious resource. This means...
The R78 billion debt owed to Eskom by municipalities must be urgently addressed to protect the ability of the power utility to fulfil its mandate. This is according to Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa who addressed the...
State power utility Eskom has reached 100 days without implementing load shedding for the first time since 2020. “Considering the Intensity and the levels of load shedding in 2023, the ability to get to 100 days without load shedding is...
Eskom has announced that it will resume load reduction in some areas due to network overloading with the onset of winter. Load reduction is implemented in areas when the demand is higher than the infrastructure – such as transformers –...
With South Africa being a water-scarce country, widespread adoption of climate-smart farming practices requires concerted efforts to educate and support farmers, particularly small-scale producers, says SRK Consulting. Over 60% of water use in the...
‘By December 2024, all prepaid electricity meters in the country must be updated or customers will not be able to recharge their units via their meters. The City of Cape Town’s prepaid meter update programme has been carried out...
