Fracking should not be considered in water-scarce areas like the Karoo, says UK special representative on climate change Sir David King. David said the chemicals used in hydraulic fracturing (fracking), and water contaminated with radioactive...
The World Bank’s Board of Directors has approved a US$205 million (R2.17 billion) International Development Association credit to help the government of Ethiopia increase access to clean drinking water and improve sanitation services. The funds...
A number of priority areas have been identified for implementation this year as southern Africa intensifies efforts to deepen integration for socio-economic development. The priority areas were adopted by the SADC Council of Ministers, which met...
Though the Minister of Energy has scrapped the Incremental Inland Transport Recovery System (IITRS) levy of 3 cents a litre, the petrol price is to increase by 7 cents a litre on Wednesday, 2 April. However, the price of diesel is to decrease...
To curb rampant corruption and smuggling through Zimbabwe’s borders the government is introducing new import and export licences with special security features. Mike Bimha, Zimbabwean Industry and Commerce Minister says the local industry was being...
A South African engineer, researcher and policy maker has been named the 2014 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his contributions to global and local water management. Prof. John Briscoe is a South African native who currently lives in the United...
President Jacob Zuma led a government delegation to Lesotho this week for the launch of phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). As part of the launch, President Zuma and the Prime Minister of Lesotho Tom Thabane took part in a sod...
Optimism over biofuels is tempered by concerns over their economic viability and their implications for socio-economic development, food security and environmental sustainability, the United Nations’s (UN) 2014 World Water Development Report....
A team of chemists has found that the element californium could change how the world stores radioactive waste and recycles fuel. Using carefully choreographed experiments, the researchers found that californium had the ability to bond and separate...
