eThekwini municipal workers have taken to the streets demanding that the city meet their wage demands. Workers have blockaded roads and disrupted services alleging that MK Veterans employed by the municipality were given undue pay rises. Source:...
A major clean-up is underway at the Port of Durban to remove the large volume of waste and vegetation from the port following the recent heavy rains and flooding in KwaZulu-Natal. The adverse weather caused the usual deluge of plastic and other...
Parts of Durban have been without water for several days after works at the water and waste water depots in Pinetown and Springfield went on strike The municipality is reportedly in the process of applying for a court interdict to force striking...
A joint venture by civil society organisations has mapped the way forward for South Africa’s first independent water regulator. A new in-depth position paper, developed by the Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) together with Water Shortage South...
Illegal dumping is fast becoming a plague throughout Johannesburg, with many illegal dumpers operating lucrative businesses by collecting refuse, rubble and even toxic waste to dump in parks, roadside, open spaces and rivers. As a result, the...
Water and sanitation problems are a major challenge in South Africa. FNF and GreenCape believe that solutions to this challenge can be solved through innovation, and have partnered to help find long term viable solutions. GreenCape and FNF’s...
Conventional waterborne systems connected to centralised sewers are usually the preferred gold-standard choice for sanitation around the world. On the other side of the technological scale are on-site sanitation systems. Although less popular among...
Used motor lubricant is dirty, hazardous stuff. Yet the collection of used oil in South Africa has provided business success stories for many eco-entrepreneurs who are not only making a living, but who are also making a difference to the...
Earth Day is celebrated annually on 22 April. Now in its 49th year, Earth Day is one of the largest observances in the world with one billion people in 192 countries participating in activities each year. ‘Protect Our Species’, the theme for this...
