The recycling industry is traditionally perceived as a male-dominated one, but in reality, many remarkable women and women-run businesses are making waves in it. Recently, three such South African women, who have found innovative ways to turn...
Afrimat, the JSE-listed open pit mining company providing industrial minerals, bulk commodities and construction materials, has released the findings of the Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) for the second quarter of 2022. The ACI is a composite...
South Africa’s civil engineers have joined the battle against the “construction mafia” and have called for partnerships to help roll back crime in South Africa’s construction industry. Industry organisation, the Bargaining Council for the...
Within an environment currently characterised by significant risks, AECI Much Asphalt is putting its focus firmly on sustainability in response to the challenges faced by the asphalt industry following the Covid-19 pandemic. It is not an option to...
In honour of Clean-Up and Recycle Week 2022, Fibre Circle, the producer responsibility organisation for the paper and paper packaging sector, calls on businesses and consumers to practise better separation at source, and turn “trash into treasure”....
Key water sector stakeholders led by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) gathered to make inputs into the National Water Resource Strategy 3 (NWRS-3). The primary key focus of the NWRS-3 is to ensure equitable and sustainable access to and...
Today, about 2.2 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water services and 3.6 billion people lack safely managed sanitation services. The latest World Water Development Report (WWDR) tackle groundwater that has remained under the...
Sanitation systems where the sewer does not go, DEWATS are the sweet spot between waterless on-site sanitation and conventional sewers with centralised wastewater treatment. Decentralised Wastewater Treatment Solution What is DEWATS?...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) hosted its annual awards ceremony on Thursday, 1 September, celebrating individuals and organisations, as well as its members, who have demonstrated resilience and promoted sustainability...
The SABS warns that some Information Technology (IT) standards are at risk because of inadequate industry participation in the SABS Technical Committees The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has sounded the alarm that some information...
