South Africa’s Draft Mine Water Management Policy is now open for public comment. The Department of Water and Sanitation gazetted the policy last week, with the comments window open for a 60 day period. This period began on 14 July and will end on...
The Social Justice Coalition (SJC) has announced its intention to launch a court case against the City of Cape Town over its failure to fulfil the right of access to sanitation to poor, black and marginalised residents of informal settlements....
Reducing energy imports and mitigating climate change are often portrayed as complementary. However, new research shows that while ambitious climate policies would lower energy imports, energy independence would not bring significant climate...
Kenya has launched a policy aimed at eradicating unsanitary hygiene practices as it moves towards increasing access to improved sanitation. The Kenyan government spends Ksh27 billion (±R4.2 billion) annually on hygiene-related diseases like...
A presentation by Mr Bill Cameron (Director: Public Transport: DOT) at the Transport Forum Month of Transport Celebrations 1 October 2015 hosted by University of Johannesburg. The theme for the event was: “Trends in Policy Development for...
Where South Africa has long been a “throwaway” culture, recycling only 10% of garbage produced, new legislation is set to inaugurate a recycling revolution, injecting as much as R50-billion into the national economy – a special report by Frances...
Thirty-three prominent business figures from several leading South African companies last Sunday boldly called for unity among businesses to arrest a decline in confidence in South Africa’s future, warning the country could “unravel” if...
Looking back at waste management over the last 25 years, there have been many changes South Africa has experienced. Many things have changed for the good but unfortunately despite these positive changes, there some aspects that never change and, in...
