Joburg Water update
Although there is planned maintenance scheduled to affect water supply in parts of Johannesburg, as from Tuesday, the 11th March 2025, until Wednesday, there are at least four other areas…
Restoration of water in Carolina expected at 5pm
Parts of Carolina and surrounding areas have had no water since Sunday.The Chief Albert Luthuli Municipality said a motor breakdown at the Carolina Water Treatment Works is the cause of…
“Waste is worth”
The Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) training towards the Green and Resilient UrbanShift Africa Forum kicked off in Nairobi, Kenya, last week. Gift Kasamira, Deputy Director for Economic Planning of…
Rhino poaching slightly down
Environmental authorities have reported a decline in the number of rhino poached in 2024. Dr Dion George said there is a downward trend in rhino poached from 499 in 2023…
Thousands of new microorganisms found in the Mariana Trench
About 7,564 newly identified species of hadal microorganisms, were found in the inaccessible zone of the Mariana Trench. The Trench is located 200 miles southwest of Guam and southeast of…
Cyclone Jude heading to parts of Mozambique & Malawi
Cyclone Jude, a low-pressure system, has wreaked havoc in the south of the Chagos Islands since the 6th March 2025. It was upgraded to a depression on March 7. According…
Loadshedding suspended on Sunday
Loadshedding was suspended on Sunday morning at 10am. Eskom said it recovered about 3, 000 Megawatts (MW) of generation capacity and replenished sufficient emergency reserves in the past 44 hours.…
City Power recovers close to 60kg of cables
City Power said it has recovered close to 60kg of cables from scrap metal yards in the south of Johannesburg, on the 06th March 2025. About 28.2kg of stolen cables—17kg…
Durban declared a state of disaster
Severe floods have caused damage estimated at R3.1 Billion in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN. As a result the KZN Province has declared Durban, a National State of Disaster on Saturday, the 8…
US said it wants energy access for all Africans
Powering Africa Summit wrote and published this article. The United States will embrace energy from a diversity of sources – from coal to natural gas to nuclear power to solar…