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Plastic carrier bags to be 100% recyclable by 2027
By: African News Agency 24th August 2020 South African Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries Barbara Creecy said on Monday that the department was in the process of amending a... →
Lessons for Africa from devastating Mauritius oil spill
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 17th August 2020 The shipwreck of the MV Wakashio has caused one of Mauritius’s worst environmental catastrophes and its devastating impact is expected to last for... →
Greenpeace Africa Welcomes Mozambique’s Plan to Ban Plastic Bags
11th August 2020 Mozambican Minister of Land and Environment Ivete Maibasse has announced plans to submit a law aiming to ban the use of plastic bags in the country... →
Media Statement by Minister of Public Works And Infrastructure, Patricia de Lille And Head of Investment And Infrastructure In The Presidency, Kgosientsho Ramokgopa: Gazetting of Srategic Integrated Projects - The Next Step In The Implementation of SA's I
27th July 2020 In May last year, at the start of the 6th administration, government was reconfigured with Infrastructure being added to the Department of Public... →
Only swift action will achieve an African maritime renaissance
By: ISS, Institute for Security Studies 24th July 2020 Good ocean policies can unlock new sources of wealth and transform Africa’s security, development and governance prospects. A new study... →
More essential services potentially on the cards
22nd July 2020 On 12 July 2020, the Essential Services Committee (ESC) announced its plans to investigate whether certain services should be declared as... →
Transnet boosts capacity at Port of Cape Town to ease Covid-19 backlogs
By: African News Agency 30th June 2020 South Africa's state-owned rail, port and pipeline company Transnet said on Tuesday it had introduced a number of solutions for the operational... →
The ‘triple dividend’ of early warning systems: evidence from Tanzania’s coastal areas
30th June 2020 Early warning systems (EWSs) have been effective in reducing loss of life and injury associated with extreme weather events, but it is less clear... →
