The recent spate of high-profile building fires has highlighted the need for rational design of performance-based fire-safety systems. This comes after three firefighters died attempting to extinguish the blaze at the Gauteng Health Department...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) recently presented an update on the National Water & Sanitation Master Plan to the Portfolio Committee on Water and Sanitation. The main objective of the Master Plan is alignment of water and...
The Life After Coal Campaign and Greenpeace Africa have slammed the inclusion of new coal in the updated draft Integrated Resource Plan for Electricity (IRP). The organisation argue that aside from the negative consequences for the environment, the...
Twenty-three cities have pledged to cut waste sent to landfill and incineration by 50%. This will avoid disposal of at least 87 million tons of waste by 2030 on a path towards zero waste. By signing C40’s Advancing Towards Zero Waste Declaration,...
