In a few weeks, many South Africans will set off for their annual holiday. Sensible travellers will ensure their beach bags and hiking rucksacks contain sunscreens and hats to protect them and their families from the summer sun, and water to slake...
By Charlotte Metcalf Early in September, Minister Des van Rooyen of the Inter-Ministerial Committee Task Team on Drought held a media briefing to provide an update on drought conditions across the country and the interventions that Government has...
New data compiled by Beverage Marketing Corp. (BMC), New York, shows that between 2000 and 2014 the average weight of a 16.9-ounce (half-liter) single-serve polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottle of water has declined 52% to 9.25 grams. This has...
In an effort to accelerate understanding of beverage sector impacts on climate change and identify reduction priorities for greenhouse gas emissions, the Beverage Industry Environmental Roundtable (BIER) has published its research on carbon...
The Mpumalanga Provincial Government coordinated by the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has provided relief aid in the form of food parcels, bottled water, blankets, corrugated iron sheets, tarpaulins and tents...
