WWF’s call to make SA a waste-free festive season
Going Green – and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has urged South African consumers to make it a waste-free festive season. Source: SABC Digital...
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Littering
A fun animated video about littering. Source: Domics
Companies who want to frack must apply for water use licence
Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa discusses the notice declaring hydraulic fracturing a water-controlled activity. Under the draft policy, companies conducting shale-gas exploration will have to apply for a...
Sanral says e-tolls delay won’t affect business
According to South Africa’s National Roads Agency (Sanral), e-tolls only make up less than nine percent of its business. That means a delay to the e-tolling implementation will not drastically affect the management of the country’s...
No signs of pollution from stranded Richards Bay ship reported yet
Salvors on board the stranded coal carrier along the KwaZulu-Natal coast are expected to start pumping out 1,700 tons of fuel from the vessel. The 230-m carrier ran aground after engine failure in rough seas on Monday. Source:...
Water action
Hydrogeologist Christine Colvin, senior manager of fresh water programmes at the WWF SA talks about the need to cost the entire water infrastructure in SA. Source: News24
Economy to suffer from SA strikes
The economy is set to lose billions due to the wave of strikes in the country. Economists are warning, as workers in the automotive and construction sectors have downed tools for a second week.
Undoing inequity in water, sanitation and hygiene service delivery in Uganda
This video investigates the cost of putting in place inclusive water, sanitation and hygiene services in Uganda. A team of WaterAid and partner staff carried out an accessibility audit on water and sanitation facilities constructed by the community...
Last-ditch efforts to stop oil spill near Buffels Bay
The cargo ship that ran aground near Buffels Bay in the Western Cape is sinking. Efforts to pump out the remaining oil has been abandoned in a race to get the ship as far out to sea as possible. Source: enewschannel
Government workers coining it
Government employees and their families are coining it on your tax money. They’ve scored contracts worth almost R1-billion in the past financial year. And in many cases they didn’t declare their interests during the bidding process....