The Mozambique Government, through the Ministry of Energy, has signed a development agreement with Clean Carbon Industries LDA (CCI) a joint venture between Twin City Venture Capital, Hugh Brown & Associates, local Mozambique shareholders and a...
South African Airways (SAA) is preparing to raise its fuel surcharge on flights to and from Europe by between €1.00 and €2.00 per passenger on flights booked from July 1 to comply with the European Union’s Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). SA...
“The commemoration of Youth Day stems from the struggle but should be focused on a future strongly characterised by humility and integrity. For this future to manifest, you need a substance with the right cementitious properties to bind the...
This feature seeks to outline the various aspects of horizontal directional drilling (HDD) in South Africa, contextualised by three case studies, namely, Berg River Duct Installation, Diep River Water Pipeline Installation and the Bulk Water Main...
The implementation of DNA-based methods like polymerase chain reaction in water testing is a new concept for South Africa, and ERWAT was one of the first laboratories to implement these methods. Water&Sanitation Africa speaks to Nico van Blerk,...
Upgrade of the Ritchie WWTW was commissioned by Sol Plaatje Municipality as it is currently hydraulically overloaded and only running on a capacity of 0.5 Mℓ/d. Vela VKE’s Bloemfontein office is currently responsible for the design and site...
Construction of the 45 Mℓ Longbridge Reservoir with pipeline links to neighbouring suburbs is currently underway. The Mangaung city council identified the need for additional storage capacity in the south of Bloemfontein. Funded by the Development...
“It is important to realize that water is life. As cities grow, we are going to need a lot of clean water. People take water for granted – but it just doesn’t work like that.” These are the words of Owen Sihle Ngcobo, the senior leak detection...
Australia Office of Water to investigate water saving ideas The New South Wales Office of Water has received 50 water saving ideas from communities within the Murray Darling Basin. The government wants to reduce the impact of water cuts under the...
The US Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) recently released the 23rd annual “State of Logistics Report,” which shows that total U.S. business logistics costs in 2011 rose 6.6 percent to $1.28 trillion compared with 2010....
