Corruption and tenderpreneurship, fraud, financial mismanagement, lack of understanding of technical issues/ priorities, difficulties with job creation and skills shortages are just some of the challenges that face municipal engineers in South...
The Department of Water Affairs has released a national water resources draft strategy document in response to the pending fresh water crisis South Africa is facing. Government says it needs R670 billion to build better water infrastructure....
The recent findings by the Auditor- General of South Africa (AGSA) pertaining to the use of consultants by the government are both a worry and a concern, says Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) CEO Graham Pirie. South Africa’s deputy...
The appointment of South African Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Molewa, MP to serve on the Governing Council (GC) of the Water Resources Group 2030 was confirmed at the first meeting of the GC at the World Economic Forum...
Aurecon has recently walked away with one of the construction industry’s top accolades at the 2012 Construction World Best Projects awards. First introduced in 2002 and held annually thereafter, the externally-judged ‘Best Projects’ competition is...
Xylem Water Solutions South Africa, part of Xylem Incorporated, the global leader in water technology, recently employed its first ever African, female fitter. Zanele Sithole joined the team this year and she is set to prove that a woman is as...
Picture: The internal courtyard showing mosaicwork on concrete The City of Cape Town Human Settlement contact office in Manenberg has recently been awarded a four-star Green Star SA rating – the first fully constructed local municipal building in...
Basil Read has reported that the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has awarded the company a road rehabilitation contract worth R279 million. Basil Read is to rehabilitate national route 5, section 4, which is located between...
Picture: Corne Oberholzer is part of the Deloitte Local Government team The poor state of municipal finances is now a well-documented phenomenon. In the 2010/2011 financial year for example, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) found that...
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) is driving a campaign – and leading a special task group – to promote the concept of prefabricated construction which has to date been under-utilised in South Africa. Gary Theodosiou, structural...
