Ideally, engineering teams should reflect the accepted international municipal and utility ratio of six engineering professionals per 100 000 inhabitants. However, in South Africa’s best case scenario – larger cities and towns – municipalities had...
Clem Sunter recently raised the probability of South Africa falling into a“Failed State” scenario from 10 to 15% following the passing of the Secrecy Bill. According to Clem Sunter, the passing of the Secrecy Bill could cause a massive leap in...
The Department of Water Affairs together, with the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro (NMBM) is intensifying efforts to improve water security in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metro area amid concerns over the significant increase in water use since the drought of...
Nedbank CEO Mike Brown, together with Deputy Minister Mabudafhasi, jointly handed over a cheque for a R150 000 to Dr Heinrich Badenhorst, for winning the Nedbank SAWEF Scholarship for Water-Energy-Food Nexus Research. Brown commented: “Through the...
While the South African national water policy and legislative framework emphasises the principle of equity with reference to race and gender, there is still a challenge to implement the policy at various levels of water management. A study...
On Wednesday 30 July at the inaugural South African Water, Energy & Food Forum (SAWEF) Gala Awards hosted at Montecasino in Fourways, Professor Kader Asmal, was posthumously awarded the first ever SAWEF Order of Leadership by Deputy Minister of...
Substantial investment and decades of international experience has placed global engineering consultancy firm SMEC as a frontrunner in ensuring the continued development and upgrade of water infrastructure in Africa. The international SMEC Group...
A blazing fire shut down east Africa’s most important transport hub on Wednesday, 7 August. Nairobi’s international airport, JIKA (Jomo Kenyatta International Airport), caught fire just after 5am (Kenyan time). All flights into and out of JIKA have...
Three-quarters of the world’s most severe droughts over the past 10 years have occurred in Africa, making farming risky for millions of smallholder farmers, most of whom are women and rely on rainfall to water their crops. Maize is the most...
Weekly State of Reservoirs on 2013.08.05. Click HERE for the report.
