Having gained a unique perspective of the local water environment through serving as chief director of the Department of Water Affairs, Dr Harrison Pienaar joined the CSIR last year as competence area manager of the Ecosystems Services research...
South Africa is a water-stressed country. Being semi-arid with limited annual rainfall supply and a lack of perennial streams, the future implications of population growth combined with the uncertainty of climate change are likely to have...
Role players within the sphere of infrastructure delivery and construction should expect the parameters in which they have operated over the last three years to remain as certain as death and taxes during 2013, writes Richard Jansen van Vuuren. The...
Only 3.3% of South Africa’s households regularly recycle household waste, according to results from a CSIR study conducted in 2010. Another CSIR study also revealed that of the estimated 19 million tonnes of municipal waste generated in this...
