The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Ms Edna Molewa officially launched the National Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER) 2011/12 on Thursday, 22 November in Cape Town. The report’s objective is to provide a national...
After more than 40 years of serving as South Africa’s premier hub for water-centred knowledge, in which 100 research reports are printed a year, on average, the Water Research Commission (WRC) storeroom is opening its doors to the public. The bulk...
Improving sanitation and building more toilets could save millions of lives around the world and would remove an important source of inequality, the UN says. “Eliminating inequalities can start in the most unlikely of places: a toilet,”...
A draft law which will punish countries that fail to implement agreed upon mechanisms to eliminate trade barriers has been submitted at the regional Parliament. Jose Maciel, the TradeMark East Africa director of trade facilitation, noted that while...
by Rejoice Mabudafhasi, deputy minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Last month, Statistics South Africa released their latest population figures and a range of issues reflecting lifestyles aspects. Some findings have direct impact on our...
APM Terminals and its consortium partners have announced plans to develop a new greenfield mega-port project and Free Trade Zone at Badagry in Nigeria’s Lagos State, 55 km (34 miles) west of Apapa and the Port of Lagos on the...
The organisers of WWEM 2012, the Water Wastewater and Environmental Monitoring event, have announced that visitor numbers were up by 22% in comparison with 2010. On behalf of the organisers, Marcus Pattison expressed his delight with this success,...
The holidays are so close and undoubtedly you’re already planning your holiday road trip. Unless you’re travelling by sleigh with a team of reindeer though, you’d do well to heed the advice of Tiger Wheel & Tyre when it comes to punctures and...
Hundreds of thousands of used ink and toner cartridges will now be recycled instead of thrown onto scrap heaps, with office automation company Itec adding its muscle to a national recycling project by installing recycling boxes at its 46 branches....
