Infrastructure, Innovation & Technology News South Africa

The Western Cape High Court has dismissed an attempt by Noordhoek environmentalists to set aside approval for a road link in an area where the endangered Western Leopard Toad breeds. Archive photo: John Yeld / GroundUp

Judge rules for 'road' in legal clash with 'toads'John Yeld

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R28bn Upper uMkhomazi Water Project to relieve KZN water challenges

22 Apr 2024

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

New reports forecast ~32 GW of installed renewable energy capacity in SA by 2030

18 Apr 2024

French Polynesia signs agreement for Floating Island Project

French Polynesia signs agreement for Floating Island Project

8 Feb 2017

Eskom sticks on price for renewables

Eskom sticks on price for renewables

Linda Ensor 6 Feb 2017

Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

2 Feb 2017

An alternative city inspired by nature

An alternative city inspired by nature

Jamie Matroos 1 Feb 2017

Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute. Image source:

#WSF2017: Six key investment areas for Africa to achieve the SDGs - Jeffrey Sachs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Virunga Foundation, Aera Group launch carbon certification process in DRC

Virunga Foundation, Aera Group launch carbon certification process in DRC

30 Jan 2017

$14m solar field ground-breaking in Burundi

$14m solar field ground-breaking in Burundi

26 Jan 2017

Tyer wind converter

New wind turbine mimics the hummingbird

25 Jan 2017

Firms push hydrogen as top green energy

Firms push hydrogen as top green energy

19 Jan 2017

#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

19 Jan 2017

Utility distorts facts about renewable energy, group claims

Utility distorts facts about renewable energy, group claims

Bekezela Phakathi 17 Jan 2017

Prestigious Top 500 Awards to showcase SA's business elite

Prestigious Top 500 Awards to showcase SA's business elite

Topco Media 17 Jan 2017

Insulating a building with chicken feathers

Insulating a building with chicken feathers

17 Jan 2017

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

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Eskom sticks on price for renewables

Eskom sticks on price for renewables

Linda Ensor 6 Feb 2017

Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

Report released on state of renewable energy, infrastructure in sub-Saharan Africa

2 Feb 2017

An alternative city inspired by nature

An alternative city inspired by nature

Jamie Matroos 1 Feb 2017

Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute. Image source:

#WSF2017: Six key investment areas for Africa to achieve the SDGs - Jeffrey Sachs

Sindy Peters 30 Jan 2017

Virunga Foundation, Aera Group launch carbon certification process in DRC

Virunga Foundation, Aera Group launch carbon certification process in DRC

30 Jan 2017

$14m solar field ground-breaking in Burundi

$14m solar field ground-breaking in Burundi

26 Jan 2017

Tyer wind converter

New wind turbine mimics the hummingbird

25 Jan 2017

Firms push hydrogen as top green energy

Firms push hydrogen as top green energy

19 Jan 2017

#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap

19 Jan 2017

Utility distorts facts about renewable energy, group claims

Utility distorts facts about renewable energy, group claims

Bekezela Phakathi 17 Jan 2017

Prestigious Top 500 Awards to showcase SA's business elite

Prestigious Top 500 Awards to showcase SA's business elite

Topco Media 17 Jan 2017

Insulating a building with chicken feathers

Insulating a building with chicken feathers

17 Jan 2017

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

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

Climatescope - developing countries take clean energy lead

29 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

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

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