While millions face hunger in South Africa, food waste reaches staggering levels, raising urgent questions about food security and environmental sustainability. Monday, June 30, 2025.

South Africa is drowning in waste - but we don’t know enough to deal with it The lack of accurate data could turn South Africa into a 'wasteland', says one recycling organisation.

Dysfunctional waste-water treatment around the South African capital of Pretoria contributed to a deadly cholera outbreak that’s left at least 15 people dead, according to David Mahlobo, the ...

‘A Tsunami of Human Waste’: Half of South Africa’s Sewage Treatment Works Are Failing, Says Report Rivers and water bodies across South Africa have become too polluted for use, and the government is ...

Catherina Schenck, a University of the Western Cape professor in South Africa in her 2018 research on waste pickers said that the country generated about 54,425 tonnes a day of waste and about R17 ...

One-third of food produced in South Africa — ten million tons — goes to waste each year. This is equivalent of 40 billion meals, in a context where 20 billion meals are needed to feed all of ...

South Africa, like many of its BRICS+ counterparts, is at a crossroads. In 2025 alone, an estimated 3. 67 million tons of domestic waste in South Africa were uncollected, according to recent ...

415.5 kilotonnes of e-waste was produced in South Africa in 2019. Electronic waste contains potentially hazardous material that can harm the environment and humans, stated EWASA.

Globally, five times more e-waste is produced than is formally recycled, with tech recycling in Africa being the lowest in the world at less than 1%. If we look at current global business e-waste ...

In South Africa, the foundation of waste management regulation lies in the National Environmental Management: Waste Act of 2008. While this Act gives very little specific guidance on sanitary ...

NGO keeps e-waste out of South Africa’s landfills. By Jabulile Mbatha. Journalist 2 minute read. 26 July 2024. 05:20 am.

With around 7% of South Africa’s population living with disabilities, job opportunities are scarce for many. ERA aims to expand this programme as more e-waste bins are introduced in Pick n Pay stores.