The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries (DEFF) issued a notice governing the submission of “Subsequent Pollution Prevention Plans” under the National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004: National Pollution...
The Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu has issued a directive to all accounting officers of the Department of Water and Sanitation and affected Water Boards to provide full support to the work of the Special...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille says government is working on a more effective system to monitor projects more effectively and put systems in place to detect and prevent corruption. “This will bring a greater level of...
As the economy slowly starts to recover from the devastating impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, mega city developments might be just the catalyst needed to uplift small to medium-sized construction companies and bring about true transformation in the...
As contractor WBHO Roads and Earthworks makes good progress on the bus rapid transit (BRT) station at Watt Street in Wynberg, Johannesburg, it is being well supported with almost 9 000 m3 of readymix concrete by construction materials leader...
Large parts of the country’s dams continued their downward slide this week despite heavy showers falling in Gauteng over a period of three days at the beginning of the week. A weekly dam level report by the Department of Water and Sanitation shows...
The Water Research Commission is monitoring wastewater for #COVID19 infections in communities. The first of the three-phase programme was successfully completed in September. Launched in May by the Water Research Commission (WRC), the special...
By 2050 the world’s population is predicted to reach 9.1 billion, which will require an increase of 70% food availability. With 33% of food lost or wasted each year, high-performance packaging plays a critical role in today’s global...
Despite the challenges of the Covid-19 lockdown, the 140 MW Nxuba Wind Farm in the Eastern Cape has begun generating and delivering energy. The Nxuba Wind Farm is one of five projects awarded to Enel Green Power (EGP) South Africa in the fourth...
Following the ease of lockdown restrictions imposed to slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, carbon emissions have made a rapid resurgence. B Eckart Zollner, Head of Business Development at EDS Systems Any carbon savings accrued under lockdown...
