The Executive Mayor Of Oudtshoorn ,Aldm Gordon April will be leading a team of six delegates from the Oudtshoorn Municipality to the Netherlands in the first week of December 2014, on an official trip that forms part of the process for the...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality budgeted R20 million for the electrification of informal settlements and state subsidised houses for the current financial year (2014/2015). This is part of the realisation of the Nelson Mandela Bay...
A recent study by the Californian government determined that cost of preventing plastic litter from entering the ocean is as high as USD428 million per year. Activities that contribute to the cost include street sweeping, storm drain maintenance...
Poor people living in rural areas are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change, despite having contributed least to its causes. This is according to Magezi Mhlanga, Chief Town and Regional Planner: Environmental Planning from the...
Nedbank Carbon Specialist, Dr Marco Lotz, was recognised among South Africa’s leading corporate sustainability leaders for his significant contributions in the field of energy consumption reduction in southern Africa. As the recipient of the only...
At least two Eskom employees have been arrested in connection with fraud that could have resulted in the power utility losing billions of rand, the Hawks said on Wednesday. “During a weekend sting operation two employees of the South African...
Ugu District Municipality has reached a milestone with water provision within the district, increasing access to basic water to 83%. In a statement released by the municipality it acknowledged there is still more work to be done in ensuring a 100%...
A landmark construction contract to build a railway along the coast of Africa’s most populous country was signed by Nigeria and China recently. The US$11.97 billion contract, to be executed by China Railway Construction Corporation Ltd...
Eskom on Tuesday reported a profit of R9.3 billion for the six months ending on 30 September 2014. This is down 24% from R12.2 billion for the same period the previous year. “While Eskom reported a profit of R9.3 billion in the first half of its...
