Over the years, the activities of fishermen, traders and tourists along the coastline of Cameroon have put the health of sea birds, reptiles, fish and sea mammals and human beings in jeopardy. On a daily basis, waste material generally referred to...
Over the next few years Mozambique is, according to the Deutsche Bank, one of three African countries earmarked for foreign investment. With infrastructure projects worth US$32 Billion being developed. Claire Schaffnit-Chatterjee, an analyst from...
IMESA invites you to KwaZulu-Natal for the IMESA 2014 Conference, co-hosted by Ethekwini Municipality, at the Durban International Convention Centre from 28 to 31 October 2014. Efficient planning is now paramount to balance human, material and...
A the recent meeting of the Board of Directors of the Concrete Society of Southern Africa, honorary life membership of the society was bestowed on Peter Flower, director of water and sanitation for the City of Cape Town Flower, a registered...
In October 2013, the Minister of Energy determined 2015 as the date by which crude oil refining companies will have to blend biofuels into petrol and diesel on a mandatory basis. The Department of Energy will focus on finalising the subsidy...
According to Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) the Consumer Price Index (CPI) came in unchanged at 6.6% in June. Stats SA said, “The headline CPI (for all urban areas) annual inflation rate in June 2014 was 6.6%. This rate was the same as the...
The Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene outlines the government plan to transform the economy in a speech to dignitaries and the business fraternity in Pietermaritzburg. Below is his speech where he comments on: • The bold decisions that are required...
The City of Cape Town’s has been found guilty of infringing on people’s human rights. It was found that the roll out of chemical toilets unfairly discriminates against “black African” people, and violates the rights to basic sanitation and dignity...
To understand the lack of progress in sanitation, research needs to move beyond aid-financed technology-driven action. According to a new working paper by the Stockholm Environment Institute, research needs to move towards investigating the...
