Lack of clean water issue in Africa
This video raises awareness about the shortage of clean water in Africa and around the world.
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More scope for Sanral
During Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe’s parliamentary briefing last week, Transport Minister S’bu Ndebele alluded to the fact that the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (Sanral’s) mandate should be broadened. Department of Transport...
Transnet to move manganese terminal to Ngqura
Transnet Holdings SOC Ltd., South Africa’s state rail and port operator, will move its manganese export terminal to Ngqura from Port Elizabeth by 2014-15, Transnet Port Terminals Chief Executive Officer Karl Socikwa said. Transnet has completed a...
Does your airline meet safety standards?
The recent plane crashes in Ghana and Nigeria have highlighted the concern to address airline safety in Africa. The African continent only has a 3% share of all airline traffic, yet accounts for the highest rate of accidents. This alarming...
Nairobi airport closed after airplane slide
Kenya’s main airport in Nairobi will reopen as soon as possible after an aircraft veered off the runway, causing no casualties but forcing flights to divert, officials said Wednesday. “The airport will be opened as soon as the obstacle...
The latest in eco-friendly water meter technology
In a move away from high carbon-footprint brass manufacture, the body of the Sensus 220C meter is made of ultra-strong composite engineering polymer, and is half the weight of a brass-bodied meter of the same size. This means a major saving on...
Water solutions: what happens when the clean supply runs out?
Have people have ever been in desperate need of a water solution when the clean supply runs out? Those who have can agree it’s no walk in the park. Finding, cleaning, and storing quality water is a daunting task, and the article said...
Town struggles to meet environmental requirements
The quality and safety of water aren’t affected just by major industrial pollutants or illegal dumping. Something as harmless-sounding as stormwater — the stuff that flows through streets and drains after it rains or the snow melts — can...
High-cost basin water plan is bad for all
The revised Proposed Basin Plan is the latest step in a policy process that began 20 years ago, when a cap was imposed to stop the unsustainable growth in extractions of water from the Murray-Darling Basin. Before the cap, the capacity of the...
Bill Gates joins government to improve rural sanitation
Bill Gates’ company’s software has, over the decades, enabled legions of Indian youth to become computer engineers, and helped the country lay claim to IT superpower status. With luck, his fortune now may help the country achieve...
