Pictured: Karien Erasmus, Sustainability manager at GIBB The South African National Development Plan will see R4-trillion invested in infrastructure over the next 15 years and as a result some of the most underdeveloped parts of the country will...
Commitment to sustainability must include a commitment to sustaining society. This translates to a commitment to work toward providing every person on the planet with the possibility of realising a quality of life that includes clean water,...
Onderstepoort Biological Products SOC Ltd (OBP) have recently completed an energy management project that will not only save the facility 92,7MWh of annual energy costs but will contribute to a reduction of 81,6t of CO2 emissions annually to...
While there is a perception that many rural people are poor, some have realised the need to use their surrounding wetlands as an economic resource that boosts household income. When Inina Craft Agency was established in 2000 little did they know...
Pictured: A locally built incinerator at a health-care facility, Ibadan, Nigeria In Western Africa, the rapid rate of uncontrolled and unplanned urbanisation coupled with a high density of urban settlement and changing consumption patterns, have...
1. Introduction Honourable Chairperson, Members of Cabinet, MECs, Honourable Chairperson and members of the Portfolio Committee, Honourable Members of Parliament, Let me also recognise in the gallery the presence of: Chairpersons and senior...
The City of Cape Town is calling on interested parties to comment on the Water Services Development, Integrated Waste Management and Electricity Service business plans, to help the City achieve its goal of “being a Well-run City and improve service...
River pollution is a major challenge to South Africa’s water resources. On 2 May this year the Birchwood Hotel in Boksburg formally adopted the Modderfontein Spruit, in partnership with the Department of Water Affairs, City of Ekurhuleni, the...
International consultancy, engineering and project management service provider Royal HaskoningDHV, has produced a master plan to develop the Senegal River delta and is designing eight polders as a pilot project in the area. The delta is plagued by...
