During the recent drought in Cape Town, diverse opinions were expressed regarding the underlying reasons why the city found itself hurtling towards the so-called “Day Zero”. By Dr V Jonker |Aurecon Although the debate was often characterised by...
Over the past few years, South Africa has been hit by a number of water shortages. With COVID-19 in the country, household usage of water has gone up because of the amount of times we have to wash our hands. Now consumers are able to monitor their...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has delivered 45 water tanks to the Bushbuckridge Local Municipality to aid the municipality in ensuring reliable water supply to the communities of this rural municipality. This is meant to ensure that...
The construction industry has potential to create employment opportunities to cushion the impact of an anticipated increase in unemployment in the immediate aftermath of the current nation-wide lockdown. This is according to a submission made by...
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is one of the most commonly used plastics in the world. Because of its versatility, vinyl plastics have various uses and applications in building and construction, automobiles, appliances and electronic parts, in wire and...
While statistics on the COVID-19 situation in South Africa paints an optimistic picture with over 80,000 citizens being tested to date, experts assert that the spread of the virus is inevitable. Government and municipalities, together with many...
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a severe impact on all sectors of the economy. The construction industry has been particularly hard hit as a result of construction sites having to close and projects put on hold. Before the pandemic, the...
More than 4500 water tanks have been dispatched to various communities in Eastern Cape Province. This is in an effort stop the spread of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic which has claimed 48 lives so far. This roll out of water tanks and...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has instructed Water Service Authorities (WSAs) in the country to ensure that all water provided, especially to rural and informal settlements, through tankers (trucks) and tanks be of reliable quality...
The Covid-19 lockdown plight of reclaimers in Sasolburg’s Vaalpark has been eased recently thanks to the donation of food vouchers by national PET plastic recycling body PETCO and the South African Waste Pickers Association to 240 families. The...
