Biogas Project in Fishwater Flats
The Fishwater Flats Biogas Project is under way in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro. Once completed, the facility will convert wastewater sludge and organic waste intobiogas, which will generate electricity.…
Call to sign the Plastics Treaty
Article was written by the Action Network. It may be a new year, but the facts haven’t change. Plastic poisons people. 📢 Health problems linked with harmful plastic chemicals cost…
City launches reinvented toilets
The City of eThekwini launched climate-start, innovative Non-Sewered Sanitation (NSS) technology pilot toilets, on Wednesday, the 26 February, at Pholani Informal Settlement in La Mercy. The project, in partnership with…
Cape Town reaches R50m in Cash for Power Initiative
The City of Cape Town has announced an increase in its cash for power programme in the financial year 2024/2025.Sales only are at a reported R16,0 million and incentives at…
The Cali Fund for biodiversity conservation
Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations and Deputy Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), at the signing of the Cali Fund MoU, on the…
6 dead in eThekwini floods
6 people lost their lives in flooded Lamontville and Chatsworth, south of Durban, on Tuesday evening, the 25th February 2025. EThekwini Municipality Mayor, Cyril Xaba led a delegation to visit…
Communities say mining non – compliant to social labour plans
Communities in Mpumalanga have accused mining companies in Mpumalanga’s Nkangala region, of failing to comply with their own Social Labour Plans (SLPs). This emerged during a recent oversight visit by…
Outcome of the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership meeting
Kaja Kallas, the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission, met Ronald Lamola, South Africa’s Minister of International Relations and…
Manhunt on for 11 armed suspects
A manhunt is on for eleven armed suspects, connected to recent violent incidents at the Midrand and Alexandra Service Delivery Centres (SDCs) on 7 and 9 February 2025. A shootout…
Most fires contained except Witzenberg
The fire in Witzenberg continues to burn in a kloof above Schalkenbosch. The Cape Winelands District Municipality’s Fire Services (CWDM), said all other fires were extinguished in the area, but…