The Flamingo Crescent and Santini informal settlements in Cape Town have endured a constant struggle for basic services and have exceptionally poor standards of water and sanitation. Residents experience frequent shack fires and a bucket under a...
Residents in the towns of Calvinia, Nieuwoudtville, and Loeriesfontein in the Northern Cape have been living in extremely challenging conditions since the local municipality dam ran dry a month ago. The last water from the dam was used on December...
A R74-million desalination plant was commissioned by South32 in September 2016 at their Hillside Aluminium smelter in Richards Bay, KwaZulu-Natal. The plant will remove minerals from seawater abstracted from the Richards Bay harbour, enabling the...
On 6 December 2016, Ekurhuleni’s new mayor, Mzwandile Masina, along with dignitaries from the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and other stakeholders, celebrated ERWAT’s extension of the Welgedacht wastewater treatment works (WWTW),...
The Drakenstein Municipality is committed to significantly reducing the amount of its waste that is going to landfill in an environmentally appropriate way. The proposed Waste Recovery, Beneficiation and Energy Project will help meet the...
Opinion piece by Bruce Raw, Energy Programme Manager at GreenCape The process of grid liberalisation is already underway in South Africa, but rather than being seen as threat, it presents opportunities for all players in the energy market,...
Growing evidence shows that the efficacy of a circular economy will play a key role in helping companies and countries carry out the commitments outlined in the Paris Climate Agreement, maintain competitive economies, and reduce waste and...
Illegal dumping is becoming an increasing concern for residents in South Africa’s city of Cape Town. The act of illegal dumping, which consists of different types of household waste and rubble, has occurred in vacant areas around the city. This is...
Glass bottles and paper bags now pollute Cape beaches more than PET bottles according to the results of this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up (ICC). This annual event, which took place in September this year, was the 20th of its kind and was...
