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Minister of Electricity and Energy, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa, used his first media address to highlight the biggest issues facing the country's electricity supply.

Ramokgopa highlights SA’s biggest electricity challenges, and it isn’t supplyLindsey Schutters

Internal view of equipment
Source: Canon Central and North Africa

Canon joins war on plastic waste with new sorting machine to enhance recycling

26 Jun 2024

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2024 OceanLove Innovation Award winners

24 Jun 2024

The Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre Complex in Durban

SA cities first in Africa to be included in GDS-Index

16 Jan 2017

ENGIE signs an agreement for the development of renewable energies in Senegal.

ENGIE, ANER partner to promote clean energy in Senegal

16 Jan 2017

Thinking about a sustainable retrofit? Here are three things to consider

Trivess Moore, Andrew Carre, Ralph Horne 16 Jan 2017

All Dutch trains now run on wind energy

All Dutch trains now run on wind energy

Lindsay Samson 13 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: HVAC and building efficiency

#BizTrends2017: HVAC and building efficiency

Neil Cameron 11 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Water recycling, re-use and sustainability

#BizTrends2017: Water recycling, re-use and sustainability

Theunis Coetzer 11 Jan 2017

Concave roof design collects rainwater to cool the interior

Concave roof design collects rainwater to cool the interior

Lolita Pukwana 11 Jan 2017

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Green building groundswell taking hold

#BizTrends2017: Green building groundswell taking hold

Donia Kamstra 10 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Greater need for quantity surveying than ever

#BizTrends2017: Greater need for quantity surveying than ever

Larry Feinberg 9 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Sustainability to drive trends in construction

#BizTrends2017: Sustainability to drive trends in construction

John Schooling 9 Jan 2017

Mario van Wyk from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is the regional winner for Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year. His entry is entitled Horror in Architecture.

Sustainability key in 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards

6 Jan 2017

Visiting delegation of the UK People’s Postcode Lottery, SANParks, Peace Parks Foundation and the CSIR staff members at the launch of the Postcode Meerkat Wide Area Surveillance System

Postcode Meerkat surveillance system launched in the KNP

30 Dec 2016

Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too

Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too

Alex Kusmanoff, Georgia Garrard, Luis Mata and Sar 30 Dec 2016

These six utopian cities of the future will help you re-imagine life on Earth

These six utopian cities of the future will help you re-imagine life on Earth

Alan Marshall 29 Dec 2016

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

29 Dec 2016

Old Mutual installs largest corporate solar carport in SA

Old Mutual installs largest corporate solar carport in SA

28 Dec 2016

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

22 Dec 2016

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

21 Dec 2016

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

20 Dec 2016

Stepping up solar efforts

Stepping up solar efforts

Jamie Matroos 20 Dec 2016

Plugging into a low-emissions future

Lerato Matebese 19 Dec 2016

(Source: Access Power)

Uganda's Soroti Solar Plant begins operations

15 Dec 2016

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

15 Dec 2016

Google last week announced that it is on target to power its operations 100 percent by renewable energy, an example of businesses trying to change the energy system.

Trump, carbon neutrality and the next phase of business sustainability

Andrew J. Hoffman 13 Dec 2016

Government works to build six million houses

Government works to build six million houses

13 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

12 Dec 2016

Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve

Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve

David Nicholson-Cole 9 Dec 2016

Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice

Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice

8 Dec 2016

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Lolita Pukwana 11 Jan 2017

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Firms push envelope with bright ideas to deliver energy to Africa

Tsakane Ngoepe and Tine Henriksen 11 Jan 2017

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#BizTrends2017: Greater need for quantity surveying than ever

Larry Feinberg 9 Jan 2017

#BizTrends2017: Sustainability to drive trends in construction

#BizTrends2017: Sustainability to drive trends in construction

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Sustainability key in 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards

6 Jan 2017

Visiting delegation of the UK People’s Postcode Lottery, SANParks, Peace Parks Foundation and the CSIR staff members at the launch of the Postcode Meerkat Wide Area Surveillance System

Postcode Meerkat surveillance system launched in the KNP

30 Dec 2016

Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too

Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too

Alex Kusmanoff, Georgia Garrard, Luis Mata and Sar 30 Dec 2016

These six utopian cities of the future will help you re-imagine life on Earth

These six utopian cities of the future will help you re-imagine life on Earth

Alan Marshall 29 Dec 2016

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

29 Dec 2016

Old Mutual installs largest corporate solar carport in SA

Old Mutual installs largest corporate solar carport in SA

28 Dec 2016

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

Smokeless cooking in Kenya

23 Dec 2016

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

Patensie farm earmarked as potential site for Solve.IT

22 Dec 2016

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

Community-scale projects are Africa's energy future

21 Dec 2016

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

Ethiopia inaugurates dam to double energy output

20 Dec 2016

Stepping up solar efforts

Stepping up solar efforts

Jamie Matroos 20 Dec 2016

Plugging into a low-emissions future

Lerato Matebese 19 Dec 2016

(Source: Access Power)

Uganda's Soroti Solar Plant begins operations

15 Dec 2016

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

Survey reveals what South Africans think about clean energy

15 Dec 2016

Google last week announced that it is on target to power its operations 100 percent by renewable energy, an example of businesses trying to change the energy system.

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Andrew J. Hoffman 13 Dec 2016

Government works to build six million houses

Government works to build six million houses

13 Dec 2016

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

#BestofBiz 2016: CSI & Sustainability

12 Dec 2016

Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve

Rise of the glass giants: how modern cities are forcing skyscrapers to evolve

David Nicholson-Cole 9 Dec 2016

Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice

Kouga Wind Farm recognised for good environmental management practice

8 Dec 2016

Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Salvaging construction waste with StoneCycling

Emile Uys 8 Dec 2016

Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Charging up developing nations with solar energy

Emile Uys 6 Dec 2016

When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements

When planning falls short: the challenges of informal settlements

Hesam Kamalipour et al. 6 Dec 2016

Max Edkins, climate change and communications expert at the World Bank’s Connect4Climate programme

Time to tell SA's renewable energy story

5 Dec 2016

Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report

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5 Dec 2016

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

Beehive fences ward of crop-raiding elephants

5 Dec 2016

Smart street furniture for a safer city

Smart street furniture for a safer city

Lindsay Samson 5 Dec 2016

WHC Leak-Less Valves aims to solve SA's water problems

WHC Leak-Less Valves aims to solve SA's water problems

2 Dec 2016

A smart 'switch' in photosynthesis holds lessons for solar technology

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Tjaart Krüger and Michal Gwizdala 2 Dec 2016

We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities

We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities

Shobhakar Dhakal 2 Dec 2016

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Our cities need to go on a resource diet

André Stephan et al. 1 Dec 2016

Quantity surveyors assist green building revolution

Quantity surveyors assist green building revolution

1 Dec 2016

What will the cities of the future look like?

What will the cities of the future look like?

Jamie Matroos 30 Nov 2016