South Africa’s infrastructure needs far exceed the country’s available fiscal resources. This is according to Andries Nel Deputy Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. Addressing the BRICS Friendship Cities, Local Government...
Speaking at the Water Institute of Southern Africa (WISA) 2018 Conference, two well-known environmental activists in the water sector spoke on the sustainable future of water and advocated for integrated planning that adapts to the new normal, and...
When a South African Airways Boeing 737 took off from O.R. Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg two years ago, headed for Cape Town, it was powered by an unusual fuel: tobacco. South Africa hasn’t yet repeated the jet biofuel feat, but in an...
The Nelson Mandela Bay stadium recently launched the Green Hub initiative as part of ongoing efforts to improve its environmental management commitment. The initiative, which is being conducted in partnership with The Waste Trade Company, aims to...
The City of Cape Town is set to advertise tenders for the design and construction of aquifer recharge treatment plants in the coming months as part of the City’s drought response plan. The City says it is looking for mechanical and electrical...
The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) has taken further steps in its water conservation measures to combat the worsening water crisis in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. The CDC met with consultants from the municipality and came up with additional...
The eThekwini municipality says it has radically reduced irregular expenditure for this financial year. Speaking at an Executive Committee meeting outlining irregular expenditure for the 2016/17 and 2017/18 financial years eThekwini Mayor Zandile...
The Cape Agulhas Local Municipality in the Western Cape now boasts top class water quality thanks to the newly unveiled Struisbaai Wastewater Treatment Works. Deputy Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pamela Tshwete, recently handed over the...
Isuzu Motors South Africa is striving to mitigate plastic pollution and in line with this year’s World Environment Day theme, Beat Plastic Pollution, Isuzu reached out to its employees to encourage them to beat plastic pollution in their personal...
