Traditional mud brick rondavels can be easily and affordably upgraded to increase thermal efficiency and aesthetics with the addition of a face brick “skin”. Architect and lecturer, Mthembeni Mkhize, has been researching methods to improve on the...
South Africa celebrates National Disability Rights Awareness Month annually between 3 November and 3 December each year. As part of national Disability Month, the Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) is encouraging people to collect their breadtags...
This week, South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) held the Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Lekgotla in Rustenburg in the North West Province. The theme for this year’s lekgotla was “Power of the Past-Force of the Future:...
Yesterday, on 4 November 2015, The City of Cape Town, in partnership with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), opened its plastics-to-oil conversion plant at the Kraaifontein Integrated Waste Management Facility. The plant will...
