https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/640.html Africa news 15 Sustainable Development news - Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/640.html en-us Thu, 22 Oct 2026 04:43:22 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.africa/article/earth-day-spotlights-importance-of-environmental-management-of-tailing-dams-039335a Recently, tailings dams, which store the often toxic by-products of mining operations, have been failing at an alarming rate, with five major tailings dam failures globally in the first quarter of 2025. 1-257097 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 10:25:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africa-and-zimbabwe-enter-landmark-water-sharing-deal-349568a Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu and the Zimbabwean Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka, have signed an agreement for the transfer of treated water from Beitbridge Water Treatment Works to Musina. 1-246893 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/640/243578.html Namibia began construction on Monday of Africa's first decarbonised iron plant, to be powered exclusively by green hydrogen, the country's investment promotion body said. 1-243578 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/494/241749.html Ethiopia said on Sunday it had completed the fourth and final phase of filling a reservoir for its planned massive hydroelectric power plant on the Blue Nile, a project that Egypt and Sudan have long opposed. 1-241749 Mon, 11 Sep 2023 08:35:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/757/238077.html Construction is set to imminently begin on The Fynbos, a 24-storey living, breathing mixed-use building that is about to take up residence on Upper Bree Street in Cape Town's CBD. 1-238077 Wed, 03 May 2023 12:27:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.zm/Article/237/703/237067.html Nestlé East and Southern African Region (Nestlé ESAR), in partnership with Chilanga Cement, has launched a plastic neutrality project that aims to reduce plastic pollution in Zambia and the surrounding region. This programme forms part of Nestlé ESAR's new RE sustainability initiative in the country. 1-237067 Thu, 23 Mar 2023 11:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/640/235611.html The saturation of environmental journalism - focused on the Paris Agreement, COP27 and associated topics - is resulting in construction professionals' apparent boredom when sustainability is raised. However, the vigorous campaigning, according to recent reports, is warranted, substantiated by increasing extreme weather events. 1-235611 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 09:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/640/234271.html SRK Consulting recently completed a Global Land Outlook (GLO) report for the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), titled Regional Thematic Report for Southern Africa: Leveraging the land, water and energy nexus in SADC. 1-234271 Wed, 07 Dec 2022 12:37:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/494/234167.html In June 2022, a fire outbreak at a hospital construction site in Istanbul, Turkey, destroyed most of the newly installed medical and security devices, and injured three people. A few days later, firefighters from West Fargo in North Dakota attended a flaming construction site behind the town's Costco. And a month after that, a blaze broke out at a railway development in Stuttgart, Germany. 1-234167 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/148/702/233343.html Namibia said at the COP27 summit on Tuesday, 8 November, that it had secured over €540m in climate finance from the Dutch government and European Investment Bank. 1-233343 Wed, 09 Nov 2022 12:21:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Sustainable Development Africa