Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In our headlines this week: Department activates Flood Preparedness Plan Building and...
Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) President, Sugen Pillay, presented his presidential message and theme for the year at a virtual event attended by media, CESA members, and infrastructure stakeholders from around South Africa. Pillay...
Hitachi ABB Power Grids is set to supply the main electrical infrastructure for one of the largest photovoltaic projects ever developed by MCA Group and Sun Africa consortium. Hitachi ABB Power Grids has joined forces with Sun Africa LLC and M....
South Africans generate roughly 108 million tonnes of waste per year. Only 10% is recycled and the rest ends up deposited across our landfill sites. ReSource speaks to Henri Thompson, group executive chairman at the Somerset Group, about the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in KwaZulu-Natal has implemented a Flood Preparedness Plan amid tropical Cyclone Eloise which has left many homeless as a result of severe flooding in some parts of the province. “Each year ahead of the...
One of the founding members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) has a proud history of innovation and partnership with industry. IMIESA speaks to Dr Sadhvir Bissoon, executive:...
The 2019Q3 cidb SME Confidence Survey once again confirmed that the South African building and construction industry continues to struggle amid tough economic conditions. Ntando Skosana, Project Manager for Monitoring and Evaluation, notes that...
According to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s weekly status of dams, Limpopo provincial water storage has shot up, soaring from 60.3% last week to 64.7% this week. This is an improvement that is worthy of attention given the fact that same...
It is no secret that business and risk go hand in hand. Threats such as IT Security and data theft and critical infrastructure blackouts are unfortunately not new to the South African business owner and are set to be on the rise in 2021. However,...
Traditional water and wastewater utility systems weren’t built for the dramatically changing stresses of climate change and rapid urbanisation. Therefore, the risk that ageing infrastructure brings – both in terms of potential failure and poor...
