The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Northern Cape welcomes the recent rains in the province, however, more rains are needed to break the back of the drought. The Minister of the Department of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation...
Cape Town has been recognised as the number one water saving city in the world. This after it was able to stave off Day Zero after years of very low rainfall and bone-dry dams but how does Cape Town manage to save water? Source:...
Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has called on dam owners across the country to adhere to Dam Safety Legislations amid extreme weather patterns. Sisulu said failure to adhere to legislation may prompt the Department to take legal action against...
Industry experts gathered last week in Cape Town to discuss the fact that South Africa is running out of landfill space and urgent solutions to what is being dubbed “the waste crisis”. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA)...
A local organisation is fighting against rising food waste in Cape Town and taking the burden off of overloaded landfills. A local eco-farming initiative is calling on Cape Town restaurants to save their food scraps. Rainbow Warriors...
The South African Initiative to End Plastic Waste has already made important progress in its efforts to find workable solutions that will end plastic from polluting the environment. According to Plastics SA Executive Director, Anton Hanekom, this...
In 2015 Adidas partnered with Parley to turn marine pollution like plastic bottles into shoes and sportswear. With its Ultraboost and Alphaboost shoes, the two companies have prevented over 2,800 tons of plastic from reaching the ocean. And in 2019...
Infrastructure development and Energy security was one of many topics explored at this year’s SA Investments Conference. With cabinet ministers Tito Mboweni and Pravin Gordhan, along with other industry experts, taking part in a discussion about...
Putting the National Development Plan into action means focusing on interventions that will have the greatest impact; building sustainable settlements with enough water is one such priority. According to Dr Laetitia Coetser, associate partner and...
