A material recovery organisation representing the steel, tinplate and aluminium packaging industries in South Africa, is reminding South Africans that recycling their metals matter to the thousands of schools, collectors and convertors who earn a...
Many of South Africa’s wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) are overdesigned and face serious operational and maintenance flaws. Jacques Nieuwoudt, process engineer, AquaPlan Watertreatment Engineering, discusses how the capacity, efficiency and...
The Clanwilliam Dam Project in the Western Cape has stalled due to a lack of funding according to Premier Helen Zille. Zille said in a Daily Maverick article on Monday that Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told her that there was...
The City of Cape Town has warned residents against stock piling water amid the drought as it could bring Day Zero closer once again. According to the municipality stockpiling water will prevent the City from stretching its water supply into the...
Herman Mashaba, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, is taking on the issue of solid waste in his City with the goal of making Johannesburg one of the cleanest cities not only in Africa, but in the world. Under the leadership of Mashaba,...
The deadline for entries into the Eco-Logic Awards has been extended due to popular demand allowing even more of South Africa’s eco-champions to enter their ecological products, services, projects, and ambassadors. The deadline has been moved...
The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested 20 striking Jozi@Work contract workers responsible for disrupting Pikitup services through vandalism and intimidation. Pikitup and its workers, contracted through the Expanded Public Works Programme...
The eThekwini municipality is embarking on a campaign to replace the vehicles in its fleet to strengthen the City’s service delivery efforts. A report outlining the City’s need to purchase new vehicles was tabled at a full council meeting last week...
A new range of software solutions was launched recently aimed at enabling faster, more efficient, fleet management. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) solution, WEBFLEET developed by TomTom Telematics, has been completely rebuilt and includes brand...
