Relief may be coming to the driest nation in southern Africa. The discovery of a 10,000-year-old supply of water in an underground aquifer in northern Namibia, near the border with Angola, could potentially reshape the developing nation’s ability...
Fifty seven million earmarked for sanitation in the North West province has not been spent and 33% of household in the province have sub-standard sanitation. The provincial government says the two service providers appointed by the National...
As part of Science Week, learners at the Lenyora Lathuto Comprehensive School in the Botshabelo area, Free State, will be learning about water purification. “We will be going to the Mangaung Municipality where they have the purification...
South Africa has been making great strides in the construction of green buildings, with the flagship Vodafone Innovation Centre in Gauteng being the first to get a six star rating by the Green Building Council. This carbon- neutral building blends...
A full review hearing of the e-tolling case will take place on 26 November in the North Gauteng High Court, following a meeting with the legal teams of the South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL), the Opposition to Urban Tolling...
Construction firm Esorfranki said on Friday that it expected its interim profit for the four months to 30 June, to shoot up despite signs that business activity in the sector had slowed down. “Headline earnings for the above period increased by at...
Municipalities owe South Africa’s water boards almost R2.3 billion, Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said last Thursday. In a written reply to a parliamentary question, she said the “in arrears” portion of this debt, on 31 April...
The R50 billion bill for the rectification of shoddy workmanship on low-cost housing was forcing the government’s hand towards a state-owned construction company, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale said last Thursday. However, a decision had...
The Durban High Court reprimanded Sanral for awarding a contract to a company that submitted a substantially higher bid than a rival to manage and operate part of the N2 South Coast. The R165 million contract – the awarding of which the court...
SA companies have been called upon to introduce flexitime, but Cape businesses believe it simply won’t work. Eskom chief executive Brian Dames reported on Monday it was considering offering special rates to companies operating between 22h00 and...
