The Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa has launched the R30 million Gauteng Youth Jobs in Waste Programme in Mohlakeng, Randfontein. The launch followed the Minister’s commitment in May last year during a clean-up campaign, where she...
Local student Kiara Nirghin has developed a low-cost, biodegradable, superabsorbent polymer which could prove useful in fighting South Africa’s drought. Sixteen-year-old Nirghin who attends St Martin’s High School in Johannesburg recently won...
The recent winter rainfall in the Western Cape region has led to significant inflows into dams, increasing the average dam levels to over 50%. The Western Cape Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) noted that the rainfall thus far had not lead...
Eskom workers have downed tools at three power stations amid a wage negotiation deadlock between the utility and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). According to NUM, the 7% to 9% wage increase offered by Eskom is “an insult to the...
