Rising air pollution across the world has resulted in an increase in adverse respiratory health conditions, particularly in areas where pollution is high. In an effort to tackle these issues technology and innovation are taking centre stage. One...
The Department of Environmental Affairs’ proposed amendments to a law published under the Air Quality Act will force Eskom to comply with pollution standards, or shut down. The new law will only permit one postponement of compliance, for five...
A new report recently published by the University of Cape Town’s Energy Research Centre shows that government’s planned independent power producer coal plants – Thabametsi and Khanyisa – are set cost South Africa an additional R19.68 billion in...
The City of Cape Town has committed R1.2 million to procuring additional air quality monitoring equipment in the current financial year. This planned expenditure comes on the back of nearly R1.5 million spent in the last financial year to advance...
