Although there is a growing trend in reducing the volume of waste produced – as well as the alternative use of waste as a measure to reduce the need for landfill space – municipal landfills will still be required for years to come. However, most...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it remains committed to implementing the agreement signed with the National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) earlier this year. In the agreement signed in March, the...
Heddle Marine Service has signed a cooperative agreement under which the ship repair company will work together with Thordon Bearings to promote the conversion of ships’ oil lubricated propeller shafts to Thordon’s COMPAC open seawater lubricated...
Construction work to raise the Clanwilliam Dam Wall is expected to start in October this year and the Department of Water and Sanitation says it has been hard at work mobilising all the necessary resources. This comes after Minister Gugile...
Deputy Minister of Environmental Affairs Barbara Thomson is set to embark on a clean-up campaign around the streets and beaches of eThekwini ahead of the 8th Greenest Municipality Competition (GMC) to be held in Durban on Tuesday 14 August 2018. As...
The water challenges faced by the community of Warden in the Free State have finally come to an end after the completion of the Cornelis River Dam. The Department of Water and Sanitation recently announced the completion of construction works on...
The Department of Water and Sanitation says it is looking into several issues surrounding the non-performance of the Sebokeng Sewer Scheme and proper planning towards their resolution is being put in place. This includes on-going engagement with...
The City of Cape Town has started with the preparatory work for the construction of two MyCiTi bus depots in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha. The depots form part of the roll-out of Phase 2A of the City’s MyCiTi bus service which will serve 1,4...
Piet Steyn, managing director of Oilkol, remembers a time in the late 1950s and 60s when people used to drag trolleys behind them through the streets collecting waste. Over 60 years later, has all that much changed? These people, who were mostly...
