Renewable energy production is taking shape all over South Africa. This year will see several wind farms start to supply electricity as part of the Independent Power Producers programme. But electricity generation with solar energy is also...
The face of the African construction industry is changing. Construction projects on the continent are getting bigger and more complex. According to Deloitte’s African Construction Trends Report 2013, this is because of rapid urbanisation, a rising...
Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel will appear before the portfolio committee on economic development to answer questions on the Infrastructure Development Bill. Patel will be addressing the various questions and concerns raised by...
Skhumbuzo Macozoma, Managing Director of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), says he is heading up a very different JRA from the one he inherited in 2012. The company is now busy with traffic light maintenance programme as well as rehabilitation...
A leading, international consultancy, engineering and project management service provider is helping learners around the country with maths, science and engineering. The 2014 Royal HaskoningDHV grade 11 and 12 Saturday school classes in Gauteng,...
Deputy Director General at the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Trevor Balzer has blamed a lack of engineers, technicians and artisans in municipalities for their inability to deal with the breakdown of infrastructure. “One of the...
There have been calls for the constitution to be amended to allow national government to take more control of managing South Africa’s water supply and distribution. The country has recently been plagued by a series of water shortages and protests...
Several suburbs in Harare, Zimbabwe have had erratic water supply for some time. Some areas have been without water for up to a week. The worst affected areas include Warren Park, Chadcombe, Hatfield, Mabvuku and Budiriro. Residents in Mabvuku told...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged Sh1.6 billion (R208.7 million) towards solving the water shortage in Kenya’s Mombasa region. JICA is currently carrying out a viability study for a water desalination plant in Mombasa....
Sasol will help clean up the toxic spill that affected one of the rivers flowing through the Kruger National Park. A tailings dam owned by Bosveld Phosphates overflowed at the end of last year following heavy rain, contaminating a 15km stretch of...
