Aveng reduced its headcount by 350 people in the past year through a restructuring of its South African construction and manufacturing businesses, the listed construction and engineering group said yesterday. Roger Jardine, Aveng’s chief executive,...
After two years, the only road connecting an Eastern Cape village with the rest of the province has finally been reopened following the completion of a bridge. Qongqotha village and the communities surrounding the village were cut off from the rest...
Most South Africans are oblivious to the fact that we are in the worst grip of a crisis that has major negative implications for every one of us both now and in the future. People are ignorant of the electricity crisis because “the lights are still...
The global professional services firm KPMG recently released its list of 100 most innovative and inspiring urban infrastructure projects in the world. Among the projects listed were six African infrastructure projects. “This is a very proud...
At the end of June this year, the end of the 2011/2012 financial year, metro municipalities in South Africa were owed R46.1 billion. The amount for all municipalities in the country is R77.5 billion. Households remain the biggest culprit,...
Murray & Roberts (M&R) has positioned itself to provide operation, maintenance and efficiency enhancement services to the power sector. Last week M&R chief executive Henry Laas said the group had entered into a joint venture...
We refer to previous correspondence circulated on the 17th August 2012 Subsequently, after consultation with our legal team, we have resolved to issue an application in the North Gauteng High Court through our attorneys, which has been placed on...
It is reported from Pennsylvania in the US that the Marcellus shale gas site has materials that can be recycled and put to good use. A new business partnership to collect and recycle the plastic well pad liners of the fracking site has been...
The Ekurhuleni municipality is showing other metros how it is done. This week is Arbour Week in South Africa (1 September to 7 September) and they are planting 1 250 trees in Duduza, as part of the remembrance of the tornado that hit the area a...
Three French companies, Rhodia Engineering Plastics, a nylon producer, Peugeot and car component supplier Valeo, have conducted a life-cycle assessment of recycled polyamide in automotive applications. What they found was that it carries a...
