The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) 2022 Infrastructure Report Card for South Africa gave the country a ‘D’ grade, the lowest on record, indicating that most of the country’s infrastructure is at ‘risk of failure’ or ‘unfit...
Food waste – a dire consequence of load shedding in an already food insecure country! By Kate Stubbs Loadshedding has led many households, businesses as well as the entire supply chain in the food and catering industry, having to dispose of more...
Public-private sector investment is desperately needed to ensure that South Africa’s municipalities can modernise and acquire waste processing facilities to divert waste from landfill. The City of Johannesburg alone estimates its investment need in...
By Chris Ashmore, Watericon South Africa is currently facing the perfect storm of a failing water supply. Outdated infrastructure, poor maintenance, prolonged droughts, increasing population, lack of investment, and a skills shortage, have led to...