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...
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 this weeks installment: Latest figures show growth in plastics recycling industry...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has released global aluminium recycling data. According to figures from the IAI, recycling just one aluminium can conserves enough energy to recharge up to 20 mobile phones, while global aluminium...
Almost 60% of households in Gauteng spent more than the policy maximum target of 10% of their income on public transport in 2019/20, up from 55% in 2014. This is according to the Gauteng Household Travel Survey (GHTS) released recently. The 2019/20...
