It is anticipated that the occurrence and intensity of disasters will increase globally and in South Africa where typical disasters include droughts, floods, extreme hailstorms, gales, structural fires, as well as earthquakes ...

In a developing country like South Africa, business has an important role to play in the economy. Companies also play a role in the environmental protection of South Africa's considerable natural resources and physical ...

In general, the improper disposal of waste may hinder the constitutional guarantee of a right to an environment to human health or well-being. This is especially true of domestic solid waste, a particular area of the waste ...

Landfilling has a negative impact inter alia on the environment. Landfill gas is for example released into the atmosphere. The waste sector releases high amounts of GHG concentrations (methane gas), proving that it has ...

Environmental auditing allows an entity to demonstrate concern for environmental matters and principles and to improve its compliance with environmental laws, regulations, policies etcetera. Environmental auditing may also ...

Traditional conservation models focus on conservation within sovereign national borders and therefore ignores the fact that biodiversity extends beyond these political boundaries. Since the Southern African Development ...

The premise of the study is that the legal imperative for developmental local government in South Africa depends on local sustainability. The study argues that public sector corruption is an impediment to local sustainability. ...

South Africa is facing rapid urbanisation marked by challenges such as overpopulation and poor mobility associated with urban growth. Since urban mobility depends on transportation, it requires transport infrastructure ...

The current trends towards living in urban areas, along with unabated urban development are critically affecting cities and city environments. Urban areas face severe challenges such as environmental degradation, ...

The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996 mandates local government to be developmentally oriented and proactively facilitate local economic development (LED). Although LED is not explicitly listed in Schedules ...