Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) received with sadness the news of the resignation of Nazir Alli and lauded him for exceptional performance since his appointment to the position of CEO of SANRAL in 1998. Under his leadership SANRAL has...
A large investment programme worth $4,3bn is being undertaken by the Djibouti Ports and Free Zones Authority (DPFA) to expand its operations and support the growing economy of its larger landlocked neighbour and main customer, Ethiopia. The plan is...
IMESA’s coffee table book, Reflections, was launched at last year’s conference to coincide with the institute’s Golden Jubilee celebrations. Last month IMIESA featured Part 2 of a series overview of the book. The book provides a comprehensive...
In an interview with Radio 702’s John Robbie this morning, Transport MMC for Johannesburg, Rehana Moosajee, stated that the City of Johannesburg and the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) are in favour of public private partnerships to ensure...
A recent Water Research Commission study looking into municipal water tariffs of 15 South African municipalities reports that the primary driver of water service tariffs is the quest to balance tariff revenues with explicit financial costs. Given...
The Department of Water Affairs has released the results of their 2012 Blue Drop Results. This is fourth Blue Drop Report and it is remarkable to note the impact this programme has had on the water sector over the past four years. Debbie Besseling...
Heavy recent rains are flushing raw sewage into coastal waters, ruining the water quality at popular beaches around the UK just as the bathing season begins, according to the Marine Conservation Society (MCS). As it publishes its 2012 Good Beach...
If you thought only Third World countries have water crises, a new documentary asks you to think again. Increasingly, problems are rising to the surface in the United States. Filmmaker Jessica Yu harnesses the celebrity power of actor Jack Black...
Nine people were arrested during a service delivery protest in Lilydale in the Bushbuckridge municipality on Monday, Mpumalanga police said. “At 6am residents… went on the rampage. They burnt municipal offices and a Caterpillar grader,” said...
Rachel Adatia and Pieter van Eeden couldn’t believe their eyes: the public park they had encountered was flooded with toxic acid mine drainage (AMD) and there wasn’t a warning sign in sight. “That a public park that is supposed to be there for the...
