Saving Electricity Can Benefit Society
In South Africa, electricity generation and supply has already reached a crisis point and results in regular loadshedding and blackouts due to deteriorating infrastructure skills shortages and corruption charges within…
Daylighting Viable to Reduce Energy Demand in Residential Homes
Power outages have become a fact of life in South Africa. The persistent energy crisis due to aging power plants and increasing demand has made energy an issue of availability rather than affordability…
Can Waste Tyres be Used to Generate Electricity?
The accumulation of waste tyres present an economic and environmental challenge for South Africa – as the population increases so will the economic need for transportation. South Africa generates over 177 385 tons of waste…
SA Could Produce More Renewable Energy
South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, has not been able to provide a steady electricity supply for several years now. At the start…
Crime and Well-Being: How High Crime Rates Affect Our Lives
That South Africa is faced with a serious crime problem is undisputed. It is considered one of the…
Understanding Xenophobic Hate Crime in South Africa
Recent developments in South Africa have reignited violent anti-immigrant hate crimes. With hundreds of xenophobic hate crimes recorded in the last 20 years…
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