Durban is set to become the first city in the country to begin desalinating seawater for drinking-quality tap water – but residents will probably also have to swallow purified sewage water because of a serious water supply shortage over the next...
At the start of October, Pikitup rolled out its second phase its Separation at Source Project to the Zondi serviced depot areas in Soweto. The project not only encourages residents to recycle their household refuse, which is ordinarily tossed away,...
History will be made this week when Ekurhuleni launches the first and only solar plant of its kind in the country. The solar power plant produces about 200 kW of electricity through 860 PV (photovoltaic) solar panels on 2 500 m² of land generating...
Last Wednesday, the Municipal Demarcation Board (MDB) released its State of Municipal Capacity Report (SMCR) for the 2010/11 financial year. The report is a bigger, beefier piece of analysis than previous editions of the SMCR, and it could be a...
