A new set of guidelines for sanitation and hygiene in schools aimed at significantly reducing water-related diseases among students was launched at the Education Ministry in Beirut last Thursday. The guide, Water Sanitation and Hygiene in Schools:...
The sixth Trenchless Asia 2012 exhibition and conference took place in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Convention Centre, 2-4 July and for the first time was co-located with Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), World Cities Summit and...
Water utilities are losing billions of rand through lost and stolen water in SA, while poor sanitation in Africa is leading to the deaths of millions of children through water-borne diseases. This emerged from the four-day African Water Association...
A scientific team from the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom is hoping to turn the tide of disruption to fresh water supply in rural areas across Africa. The academics are looking to replace traditional water pumps at water stations with...
A vast underground water source has been discovered in northern Namibia that could provide a secure and sustainable water supply to about 40% of the population for 400 years. This discovery is the result of a joint project between the Ministry of...
According to a new report, South Africans with HIV living in informal settlements and rural areas lack clean, safe water, which is placing them at serious risk of contracting potentially lethal waterborne diseases. “They are particularly vulnerable...
Blue plastic port-a-loos were overturned and set alight on Lansdowne Road in Khayelitsha earlier this week by residents of SST informal settlement who were protesting over unacceptable living conditions. The group of about 100 protesters spilled...
How not to use a crane when you haven’t talking the wind load on the lifted section into account.
Engen, in partnership with Trucking Wellness, continued to roll out the successful Driver Wellness campaign throughout the country. This week the campaign visited Engen Truck Stop on the N4 in Komatipoort, benefitting the community of Mpumalanga....
The truck driver, who has been charged with the deaths of 25 Mpumalanga farmworkers, was not asked to plead to culpable homicide when he appeared in the Malalane Periodical Court on Monday. George Mandlazi, 32, was driving the truck when it...
