The African Academy of Sciences (AAS) on Wednesday launched a platform to help showcase cutting edge research that is addressing endemic challenges in the continent like diseases, hunger and climatic shocks.
This report assesses food security early warning systems (EWS) to improve food security and resilience in eastern and southern Africa. It aims to assess bottlenecks and opportunities for improving food
South Africa’s state-owned power utility is working with the National Treasury to source more coal for seven of its plants that don’t have adequate supply. Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is diverting coal
South Africa’s waste- water treatment works are being burdened with increased rates of influents containing a large “cocktail” of chemical pollutants. Dr Edward Archer, a post-doctoral fellow in the
C40 Cities South Africa Buildings Programme, launched this week in Tshwane, aspires to make zero carbon buildings standard practice across South African cities. Mayors of four major cities, Tshwane,
Researchers Monday called on African governments to develop and implement home grown policies to help reduce air pollution in the emerging mega-cities. Nicholas Ozor, the Executive Director of African
The Department of Rural, Environment and Agricultural Development (READ) would like to confirm that parts of the Bokone Bophirima province has been hit by an outbreak of High Pathogenic Avian Influenza
The Department of Water and Sanitation to host the media and a delegation from the Nigerian Integrated Water Resources Management Commission at the Vaal Dam The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)
An inaccessible fire on the upper slopes of Table Mountain near Kirstenbosch, has forced firefighters to abandon their fire trucks and hike up the mountain instead. City of Cape Town Fire and Rescue
Water use in Cape Town has increased by 5% over the past week to 542 million litres of water per day, Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson on Monday. Last week, the average consumption stood at 516 million litres
