El Niño and its impact on water, agriculture and energy
Highly sought after researchers will be speaking at a Business Breakfast in Johannesburg next week. The Business fraternity and Government are expected to attend the breakfast. If you are in…
Snow in Kokstad
Sharnelle Jenny Beeton shared pictures of snowfall in Kokstad in KwaZulu-Natal yesterday.Kokstad has an average temperature of about 23.13ºC (73.63ºF). Kokstad has about 161.55 rainy days every year.July is reportedly…
Yolanda Miya appointed at GCR Ratings
GCR Ratings has appointed Yolanda Miya as an Independent Non-Executive Director to the Board of Global Credit Rating Co. (Pty) Ltd in South Africa. Her role will be to oversee…
UK pledges USD 2 billion to Green Climate
Media Statement : The Green Climate Fund (GCF) welcomes the UK government’s announcement of a USD $2billion (£1.62 billion) pledge for its second replenishment (GCF-2). The announcement was made by…
Bloemfontein Water reports about the Rustfontein Water Treatment Works
The Rustfontein Water Treatment Works was commissioned by the former Minister for Water Affairs, Mr Ronnie Kasrils on the 18 November 1999. The Treatment Works is responsible for water purification…
Eskom rands and cents
South Africa’s state-owned company, Eskom Holdings, received a ZAR4 billion ($339 million) loan from Germany’s state-owned development Bank, KfW, back in July 2023. A statement from National Treasury back in…
DBSA explains hydrogen bucks
Content from DBSA: Mohan Vivekanandan, the Group Executive of Origination & Coverage at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), gave a keynote address at the Devac Hydrogen conference in…
Carbon credits for a sustainable future
Carbon markets were initiated back in 1997 subsequent to the Kyoto Protocol. What are they? They simply allow investors to trade both carbon credits and offsets at the same time,…
#WorldCleanUpDay
World Clean Up Day places a spotlight on the cleanliness of our surrounds. First up was a focus on air quality on Monday. The main air quality pollutants seem to…
Nature-based sanitation technologies
The Water Research Commission (WRC) has entered into an agreement with eThekwini Metropolitan Municipality and the City of Cape Town to pilot nature – based sanitation technologies. The technologies, which…