Here's Why Africa Should Act as a Country on Plastic Ban

Publisher:

allAfrica

Publication Date:

3 July 2018

A decade ago, Rwanda banned almost all commercial uses of plastic bags and packaging - one of the world's first actions to reduce the plastic … Go to resource »

Session on Sustainable Climate and Disaster Risk Financing in Africa

Publisher:

AfDB

Publication Date:

25 May 2018

Session on Sustainable Climate and Disaster Risk Financing in Africa at the annual meetings of the African Development Bank in Busan, Korea, May … Go to resource »

Gauteng Emergency Services Issues Flood Warning

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

23 March 2018

Gauteng Emergency Services have warned of possible flooding as heavy rain continues across the province. Motorists are warned to drive with extra … Go to resource »

World Water Day 2017 - Why Waste Water?

Publisher:

UN Water

Publication Date:

22 March 2018

The answer is yes - we're all wasters when it comes to wastewater: 80% of it just flows back to nature untreated, polluting the environment and … Go to resource »

Water Minister to Brief Parliament on Drought Crisis Interventions

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

30 January 2018

Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane, has also been summoned to Parliament to brief members as well as all South Africans on her … Go to resource »

Water Crises Coalition Concerned About the Looming Day Zero

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

29 January 2018

A group of Cape Town residents and activists protested at the civic centre on Sunday afternoon under the auspices of the newly formed Water Crises … Go to resource »

Several Injured as Roof Collapses, Heavy Storms Wreak Havoc in Lenasia

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

30 December 2017

Several people have been injured and the roof of at least one building has collapsed in heavy storms that are lashing parts of the south and west of … Go to resource »

Midvaal Residents Affected by Tornado to be Housed at Churches and Community Centres

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

13 December 2017

More than one and a half thousand residents who've been displaced following a tornado which struck Vaal Marina in the Midvaal, south of Johannesburg, … Go to resource »

Water Crisis Looms in Beaufort West

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

13 November 2017

A water crisis is looming in Beaufort West in the Central Karoo. The local municipality says it urgently needs 45-million-rand to drill more boreholes … Go to resource »

Six Lives Lost in KwaZulu-Natal Storms

Publisher:

SABC

Publication Date:

12 October 2017

A powerful rain-heavy storm has struck the port city of Durban.. Heavy downpours battered large tracts of KwaZulu Natal. A policeman was killed when a … Go to resource »