A normal urinal wastes over 150 000 ℓ of water every year – however, an Australian innovation recently introduced into the South African market has the ability to reduce this “wasteful” water use by up to 98% simply through the use of a small blue...
Failing infrastructure, inadequate investment, bad management and decay pose a threat to SA’s water systems, some of which are on the brink of collapse. In a water-scarce country with erratic and unpredictable rainfall, insufficient...
South Africa has been making great strides in the construction of green buildings, with the flagship Vodafone Innovation Centre in Gauteng being the first to get a six star rating by the Green Building Council. This carbon- neutral building blends...
It is a chilly morning in Olenguruone village on the southern flank of the Rift Valley, but Gloria Chepng’etich is warming up to the task at hand. Spread neatly on her workbench are bamboo splices that the 21-year-old will weave into floor...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa will hand over the Hartswater solid waste disposal site to the Phokwane Municipality today. The development of the Hartswater landfill site project was initiated through the Department of...
The agricultural and biogas sectors of South Africa are set to benefit from the revolutionary new environmentally-friendly SEPCOM solids-liquid separator introduced to the local market in 2011 by WAMGROUP, manufacturer of screw conveyors and...
MTN has announced that it has entered into a commercial arrangement to sell its carbon credits to EDF Trading in an industry first. The credits will be produced by MTN’s tri-generation plant at 14th Avenue office park in Fairland, Johannesburg. EDF...
Concor Civils, a Murray & Roberts Construction company, has begun earthworks on a contract awarded in May this year by Johannesburg Water to construct a new 20ML water reservoir and a 1.2ML water tower in Lanseria. The contract includes minor...
Reacting to the Auditor General’s (AG) report on local government last Tuesday, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu) said it painted a grim picture of incompetence, maladministration and waste of public money. “Cosatu demands that there must be...
