A firm of consulting engineers and scientists has carried out feasibility studies for 15 new schools inthe Western Cape to establish whether enough groundwater is available for this purpose. Debbie Besseling speaks to SRK Consulting about the...
Plastic pollution is a problem – but the solution starts with recycling everything and anything we can, including plastic bags. We scoped out the largest plastic bag recycling facility in the world to see how it’s done. Check out our...
Carbon Track South Africa has announced the country’s first remote energy reporting device, which will enable consumers to have access to their energy data in real-time. This will unlock exactly how much energy is being used, generated and...
In alignment with their mandate of keeping the lights on, Eskom is committed to creating awareness around energy efficiency. Campaigns such as 49M attest to this. 49M is an initiative endorsed by government and business partners aimed at getting...
A ground-breaking collaboration between IMPERIAL Logistics company North East Carriers (NEC) and client Lafarge culminated today in the launch of a new “tear drop” trailer that will set new standards for sustainable transportation in Africa. NEC MD...
Representatives from Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) recently attended the 19th Group of African Member Associations (GAMA) Conference held in Livingstone at the Zambezi Sun adjoining the spectacular Victoria Falls. GAMA is the African...
The vast majority of companies today are unaware that new regulations governing the treatment of sanitary waste are making their way through the legislative process and are on their way to becoming law. That’s according to leading health and...
8th State of Logistics survey Amidst change and uncertainty in glbal economies, a shift is seen towards emerging markets that have been more resilient to the economic dowturn than their counterparts in developed countries. South Africa is currently...
For years Durban’s municipal bus service has been in a mess. City manager S’bu Sithole accepts this, earlier this month telling a city council meeting that the bus service had been defective for the best part of a decade. The acknowledgment of the...
Lake Victoria had been the home of bustling water ferry traffic that connected Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania. But over recent decades, the ferryboats aged and the traffic dwindled. South Africa-born shipbuilder Robert Smith has set out to bring the...
