Until now, fleet managers had little option but to hope that machinery was being used as efficiently as possible at a given location, and to accept any downtimes that arose. Thanks to new technology now fitted to all compact machinery from the...
Offering a total solution for everything from foundation to rotor tip allows Sika to keep pace with the ever-increasing demands of the wind market. For over 100Â years now, Sika has been at the forefront of providing solutions in the areas of...
The Aggreko Shanduka cross-border power project, located at Ressano Garcia in Mozambique, has been awarded Africa’s Best Fast Track Power Project in 2012 at the Africa Energy Awards. Commissioned in July 2012, the Ressano Garcia project is...
The construction of the US$248Â million (R2.32Â billion) Kazungula Bridge will infinitely improve the quality of life for the thousands of people who are currently reliant on a ferry to travel between Zambia and Botswana. Schoolchildren and...
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants has developed a programme aimed at capacitating municipal finance officials to enable them to meet minimum competencies. It is envisaged that this project will help municipalities achieve clean...
The minister of transport Ben Martins delivered this budget vote policy statement at the National Council Of Provinces in Parliament on 13 June 2013. The department has made significant progress to transform the transport sector across the...
As part of the Department of Environmental Affairs efforts to drive recycling in South Africa, 15 buy-back centres will be established in this financial year, 2013/2014, Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, announced on Tuesday 11 June...
This month (June) the Checkers chain of supermarkets aims to make a positive impact on the environment by becoming the first national retailer to offer a plastic shopping bag made completely from recycled plastic. At least 6Â 000 tons of waste is...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, will launch the Youth Jobs in Waste Programme in Phuthaditjhaba, Free State on 17 June 2013. The event will mark the official launch of the project, which is aimed at enhancing the...
“The marine environment has many challenges. Global warming is visible within this sphere and its impact is slowly being understood. Overfishing, acidification, chemical pollution with the added pollution of marine debris of which the main product...