Transnet SOC Ltd and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) yesterday signed a historic partnership that will allow Transnet to tap into the CSIR’s technological innovation and research capabilities. In terms of the partnership,...
Fiat Group Automobiles South Africa and Chrysler South Africa has become a “green” environmentally conscious organisation with the implementation of a recycling programme at their joint head office in Midrand. Through this initiative, the companies...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa (pictured) welcomes the decision of the North Gauteng High Court to dismiss, with costs, the application brought by the Retail Motor Industry Organisation (RMI) and Circuit Fitment CC (CF...
With the promulgation and enactment of the National Environmental Management: Integrated Coastal Management Act (NEM: ICMA) on 1 December 2009, a paradigm shift in coastal management has occurred in South Africa. This paper aims to address selected...
In the most recent case brought by the RMI attempting to interdict the implementation of the REDISA plan, Judge Bam has found for REDISA on all counts. In his judgment delivered today, 30th January 2013, he found against the applicants and...
The South African Biogas Industry Association (SABIA) will be launched at the Africa Energy Indaba in February 2013 by experts who believe that biogas should no longer be lumped together with other alternative energy sources, but holds enough...
The appointment of South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Molewa, MP to serve on the Governing Council (GC) of the Water Resources Group 2030 was confirmed at the first meeting of the GC at the World Economic Forum...
Aurecon has recently walked away with one of the construction industry’s top accolades at the 2012 Construction World Best Projects awards. First introduced in 2002 and held annually thereafter, the externally-judged ‘Best Projects’ competition is...
Picture: Corne Oberholzer is part of the Deloitte Local Government team The poor state of municipal finances is now a well-documented phenomenon. In the 2010/2011 financial year for example, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) found that...