Author:Tumbama, LewisDate:2019Mining-induced displacements and resettlements are a global phenomenon. However, how these are done and the implications that they have on the displaced and resettled are shaped by micro, local level dynamics. These include existing regulations, ...Read more
Author:Naik, LinusDate:2019Continuing urbanisation in Sub-Saharan Africa provides many development challenges including; energy provision, waste management and sanitation. On-site biogas has the potential to provide renewable energy to meet primary energy needs, whilst ...Read more
Author:Nagel, Brigette MarianaDate:2019This dissertation investigates, in the context of South Africa (SA), the process economics of energy from biogas, and hence the financial viability establishing a biogas plant in the absence of a formal incentivisation programme. Firstly, the ...Read more
Author:Letete, Thapelo; von Blottnitz, HarroDate:2012In 2007 the South African government released the country’s National Biofuels Industrial Strategy targeting a biofuels market penetration of 2% of liquid road transport fuels by 2013. Contrary to the international situation, the main driver ...Read more
Author:de Kock, LorrenDate:2018The South African economy has in the past been categorised as carbon intensive due to an energy and capital intensive development path and an associated set of economic activities termed the minerals-energy complex. International export ...Read more
Author:Rodseth, Clare JosephineDate:2018Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool specifically developed for quantifying and assessing the environmental burden of a product across its entire life cycle, thus providing powerful support for sustainable product design. There exists a ...Read more
Author:Kluger, MartinDate:2019South Africa is undergoing a sustainability transition (ST) in its energy sector as part of its broader move towards a lowcarbon future. Past studies of the nascent ST using a multi-level approach have already proven obsolete after strong ...Read more
Author:Chitaka, Takunda YeukaiDate: 2020The accumulation of plastic waste in the natural environment has been a major environmental concern for many decades. However, the environmental impacts associated with leakage are not taken into consideration under current life-cycle based ...Read more
Author:Vidima, SizweDate:2018Almost 90% of the global phosphoric acid demand can primarily be linked to fertiliser production for application onto agricultural lands (PotashCorp, 2014). To fulfil the phosphate fertiliser demand in South Africa’s arable soils, the country ...Read more
Author:Niyobuhungiro, Rissa VénérandeDate:2018In urban Africa, informal street food trade is often accompanied by processing activities, including slaughtering, brewing, grilling or cooking. Food and drinks are often prepared on open fires using wood as a fuel. When wood is used as a ...Read more
Author:Masilela, PhumlaniDate:2018The recovery of energy in the form of biomethane gas from inexpensive biodegradable organic wastes is starting to become a cornerstone of green economy investments. It is possible that such installations could serve as a precursor for the ...Read more
Author:Dlamini, Reuben MkhulekoDate: 2020South Africa owns more than 70% of the world's known chromite reserves. Chromite has historically been the most feasible source of chromium suitable for ferrochrome production, which in turn is an essential raw material for stainless steel ...Read more