Jeppe Park Primary in Johannesburg was recently announced as Africa’s first school to achieve a 4 Star Green Star rating. The school is part of the non-governmental organisation, Streetlight Schools, and boasts a number of green building and...
Construction projects are being decreased in the City of Cape Town as a result of level 4b water restrictions. One company down-scaling their project is listed property developer Calgro M3. The company said it was adhering to tighter restrictions...
Level 4b water restrictions were officially implemented on Saturday in the City of Cape Town. “Level 4b restrictions will be used to drive down water usage to 500 million litres of collective water usage per day which is required as dam levels...
Ports authorities are calling for Africa’s ports and harbours to be upgraded in order to meet post-neo-panamax shipping requirements. According to ATKearney, the expansion of the Panama Canal, which has been years in the making, reflects a new...
Communities which will be disrupted during Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) need to a have buy-in, says the Department of Water and Sanitation. The department along with the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA)...
Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu is calling on leadership in municipalities across South Africa to be accountable and respect the law when running their respective cities. Makwetu recently released the 2015/16 Local Government Audit Outcomes Report,...
The City of Cape Town is urgently seeking alternate means of water sources as its water supply is close to being completely depleted. Some of the city’s solutions lie with pumping water from the Table Mountain Group aquifer and the establishment of...
South African petrochemicals group Sasol plans to apply to postpone a 2020 deadline for meeting stricter air pollution laws. The company, which announced this at the beginning of June, said it intended to apply for an extension for some of its...
The outlook for South Africa’s construction industry over the next four years will be moderate, compared to the industry’s performance between 2012 and 2016, says data analysis company Timetric. Contributing to this is poor investor sentiment as a...
