The Railway Safety Regulator (RSR) will officially launch the 2016/17 State of Safety Report later this month. The report, which published annually by the regulator, measures the pulse of railway safety in South Africa and provides a foundation for...
Founded by a medical doctor who wanted to improve his township patients’ health, Buhle Waste has its roots in healthcare so it was only natural that it should grow to become a leading medical waste management company. Thabang Sekete, business...
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille will announce the details of the city’s Water Resilience Plan on 17 August. Dam storage levels are currently at 31.1%, with useable water at approximately 21.1%. Collective consumption for the past week was 610...
The Western Cape Government will ask the national Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) to ‘pay back the money’ after it was forced to divert R3.5 million to conduct emergency maintenance to the Voëlvlei canals. The office of the Premier, Helen...
The South African plastics industry recently launched Operation Clean Sweep on World Oceans Day (8 June 2017) at the uShaka Marine World in Durban. According to Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA, the primary goal of the campaign is...
Pravashen Naidoo, 34-year-old CEO and founder of eWaste Africa, started his business with one brilliant idea: keeping the hazardous materials from lightbulbs out of South Africa’s landfills. Five years, three awards and one major expansion later,...
The number of accidents on construction sites increased 10% in 2016, compared to 2015. This was according to Deon Bester, occupational health and safety manager at the Master Builders Association of the Western Cape. Of this percentage, 889...
Big things are expected in the fleet sector in 2017 according to fleet management company Telogis. These are their picks for the top five trends that you’ll be hearing a lot more about this year: Predictive maintenance Instead of just waiting for...
In order to have a good chance of meeting the limits set by the Paris Agreement, it will be necessary to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and preserve carbon sinks, according to a new study. The study, published in the journal Nature Communications,...
