The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed technical teams to help restore infrastructure at the polluted Vaal River system caused by raw sewage flowing into the river from defective pump stations in the Emfuleni Municipality....
Two South Australian entrepreneurs have developed a composting technology that will turn organic waste into fertiliser within a matter of hours. The device, which was developed by Lewis Dunnigan and Benjamin Morton, promises to reduce the amount of...
Organisations in KwaZulu-Natal have been honoured for effective and efficient waste management practices at the Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa’s (IWMSA) KZN Waste Management Awards 2018. Unilever Indonsa (large general...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says towns under the Setsoto Local Municipality will no longer be forced to deal with overflowing sewerage running through the streets. This is because its construction unit, based in Standerton, is in the...
As World Toilet Day was celebrated around the globe, South Africans were met with the shocking realisation that more people have access to cellphones in the country than toilets. According to the latest figures from Statistics South Africa (Stats...
New ways of managing waste are being tested in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal under grants from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s: Reinvent the Toilet Challenge. Gates made the announcement in one of his latest gatesnotes videos where he discusses the...
There are few things Bill Gates likes to talk about more than sanitation which is why it comes as no surprise that he has set out on a quest to reinvent the toilet in a bid to help the poorest of the poor. In one of his latest gatesnotes videos...
While access to adequate sanitation is a basic human right millions of people around the world still practise open defecation. This is particularly shocking when you consider the impact that exposure to human faeces has on public health, living and...
Cape Town has put plans for a permanent desalination plant on hold following good rains and reports that the technology is simply too expensive. However, there are feasible options for effectively bolstering water supplies. The capital and...
