Johannesburg city manager, Ndivhoniswani Lukhwareni maintains that the claims that his administration is not providing services in Alexandra are not true. Lukhwareni was testifying at the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) inquiry on...
Media personality, Anele Mdoda is calling on South Africans to step up and make their contribution towards rectifying the dire sanitation situation in some of the country’s schools. Speaking at the first ever Flush Forum, hosted by Unilever’s...
For governments to achieve their Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030 more resources need to be allocated for hygiene behaviour change. This was one of the key messages from an interactive panel discussion held by WaterAid Southern Africa...
Sanitation in South Africa is characterised by both achievements and challenges and in order to speed up the rate of success and overcome obstacles many believe the answers lay outside the public’s perceived notion of what “proper” sanitation is....
The Department of Water and Sanitation is set to celebrate Sanitation Month this May under the theme “It is not all about flushing”. The main objective of the celebrations, according to the department, is to raise the profile of sanitation and...
The Chemical and Allied Industries’ Association (CAIA) has received a number of exciting entries for its 2017 Responsible Care Initiative of the Year Award. Responsible Care is an initiative trademarked by CAIA, which was launched in South Africa...
Over the past three months, over 190 000 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill and converted into valuable feedstock for South African industry as part of the Industrial Symbiosis (IS) Programme at the National Cleaner Production Centre...
Tapping into people’s ability to be agents of change, executive mayor of the City of Johannesburg, Herman Mashaba, is facilitating the launch of a monthly volunteer campaign, focused on cleaning the city, and beyond. Sandton call Mashaba has called...
Microplastics are a global environmental problem that travels through the food chain and ends up on our plates. Around a third of these tiny particles are caused by worn tyres when the debris is washed into sewers by rainwater. Because sewage...
