A workshop to help participants better understand the proposed amendments to the National Environment Management Waste Act of 2008 were held on Wednesday. The workshop was facilitated by members of the Institute of Waste Management of Southern...
Energy constraints have been a major setback for the South African economy, and energy experts maintain that diversifying the energy mix will contribute to greater energy stability. Many African countries, including South Africa, are currently...
Concerns have been raised over leaking fuel and waste after a steamer, that has been idle for two years, sank off the Red Sea port of Suakin on Monday. According to journalist Osman Hashem, the steamer Captain Salem sank in the waters of the Red...
Mounting debt owed to municipalities is “becoming a pandemic” that has the department of corporate governance concerned. This was expressed by minister Des van Rooyen last week when he delivered his department’s 2017 budget speech in the National...
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,...
Grundfos offers advanced water management and treatment solutions across all industries and building types. Katrina Zlobich, business development manager: Water Treatment, describes just a few of the firm’s leading offerings. What sites has...
What is sick concrete syndrome? Every engineer’s nightmare! Hyson Cells has been developing new technologies for fast, efficient solutions to concrete problems. CEO Sally Hall discusses how to overcome sick concrete syndrome. Now, a groundbreaking...
By Danielle Petterson The R305 million Wellington Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) upgrade is a priority project under Drakenstein Municipality’s Integrated Development Plan. With an existing design capacity of 6 Mℓ/d, the Wellington WWTW has...
Eskom board chair Ben Ngubane fielded questions around corruption and Brian Molefe at this year’s Africa Utility Week currently underway in Cape Town. Newly reappointed Eskom CEO Brian Molefe was scheduled to deliver the conference’s keynote...
