The burning question at the centre of South Africa’s new nuclear expansion programme remains whether the country will be able to afford it. While President Jacob Zuma has said that the country would undertake the project provided the country could...
Exxaro, Eskom’s biggest coal supplier, might have put a spanner in the works that could affect its coal supply deal with the power utility. Last month Exxaro’s 10-year lock-up period ended. The company announced the unwinding of its black...
As South Africa continues to hobble along, struggling for sustainable and reliable water resources, water expert Anthony Turton has analysed the national crisis, and said that the country’s drought may only end in 2025. In light of Auditor-General...
While some people see rubble as mere rubbish, visionary people around South Africa have seen opportunities to earn a living while saving the environment. Such cooperative initiatives were started in Tembisa, Gauteng and Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal...
Eskom was dealt another blow this week after global ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) downgraded the power utility’s credit rating from BB+ to BB. S&P said Eskom faced increased financial pressure as it was on an “uncertain tariff...
Despite the South African government’s efforts to improve basic services nationwide, several areas across the country’s nine provinces still find it challenging to gain access to clean, running water. Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) recently...
South Africa appears to be a few steps closer to a possible junk credit rating after ratings agency Fitch changed its outlook on the country from stable to negative. Fitch said the foreign-currency rating and local-currency rating were kept at BBB,...
By Frances Ringwood 24 November 2016 Pietermaritzburg – A fire at the New England Road landfill on the weekend which may have been caused by vagrants breaking onto the site is still not yet completely out due to numerous factors...
Having your own municipal recycling facility is the latest trend gaining popularity across South African cities. A bonus is that such projects promote the creation of green jobs which benefit communities as residents learn about good waste...
