Sentiment in the civil construction sector has remained depressed as a majority of businesses are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions in spite of the quickening pace of the recovery. The FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index remained firmly...
Standing among South Africa’s leading pump OEMs, APE Pumps and Mather+Platt have built a reputation for excellence based on product innovation spearheaded by dynamic people. IMIESA speaks to John Montgomery, GM for APE Pumps and Mather+Platt, who...
Rand Water is deeply concerned by the escalating debts owed to it by municipalities and the failure of municipalities to respect their bulk water purchase and debt settlement agreements. Rand Water, South Africa’s leading water utility provider,...
Water is vital. As much as our world stops when the power goes out, the prospect of no water is much more dramatic. Fortunately, you don’t need an expensive inverter and batteries to stockpile water. “Water is very versatile and can...
In the face of a mounting global waste crisis, an inspiring group of friends from the Western Cape has taken up the challenge to really make a difference, one school at a time. Enter the world of Plant the Seed, a visionary business on a mission to...
South Africa’s most famous holiday resort, Sun City in the North West Province, has taken its name to heart and installed a R16-million solar plant to reduce electricity consumption from the national grid. Located along the border of the...
Plastics SA, the umbrella body representing the South African plastics industry, has released its official response following the second session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) to develop an international legally binding...
Reinforced Earth was founded on a patented suite of mechanically stabilised earth (MSE) technologies by Henri Vidal in 1963. Ever since, his pioneering vision in this field has provided a standard for best practice in environmental and geotechnical...
The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Senzo Mchunu has implored those who converged at the Durban International Conference Centre under the Department’s National Youth Indaba umbrella to have meaningful engagements so that they make meaningful...
In media coverage and social media conversations about the recent heavy rainfall and floods that hit parts of the Western Cape, the question was asked what caused these floods and the resultant millions of rands’ damage and disruption – not only...
