The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has approached several banks, including commercial banks, in the hope of raising R1.48 billion. Sanral’s toll and traffic manager Alex van Niekerk says the bulk of the amount needed is...
A new gas field south of Cape Town, Ibhubesi, could potentially be used as a source of natural gas to fuel the South African government’s plan for gas-fired power plants. The Department of Energy intends to introduce 2 600 MW of gas-fired...
Cabinet has approved the building of a third coal-fired power station by Eskom essentially freeing the parastatal to take its infrastructure investment programme beyond the two coal-fired power stations currently being built. Trade and Industry...
The Department of Energy says it will have completed South Africa’s master plan for energy by the end of next year. Government has just released a draft of the Integrated Energy Plan, which is a 20 year strategy to meet the country’s...
Most South Africans have better access to housing, water, electricity and food but are less satisfied about the quality of public services they receive than they used to be. This statement results from this year’s General Household.The survey...
Opinion article by Frank Stevens, president of the Institute for Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) I came across a striking anecdote at an engineering lecture at the University of Cape Town recently. To put the story in context, one...
Royal HaskoningDHV achieved a turnover of 308 million euros in the first half of 2013. Capacity is being adjusted in the difficult European market, while the company benefits from additional opportunities in growth markets.The turnover of 308...
The inaugural Blueprint Graduation ceremony by the Air Traffic and Navigation Services (ATNS) saw 90 students, mostly women, graduating from one of three specialised leadership courses. The courses, Nine Conversations, Women’s Management...
Siveshnie Moodley, Import Manager at Röhlig-Grindrod (Pty) Ltd has been awarded the Logistics and Supply Chain 2013 DHL Rising Star Award. Now in its second year, the 2013 DHL Rising Star Awards – in partnership with the Human Capital Institute...
A counterfeit conspicuity sheeting ring that was about to flood the South African road safety market with underperforming products was recently uncovered. To eliminate the risk of these 3M-branded counterfeits, which do not feature patented tried...
