The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on citizens to see waste as resource and to start recycling more. According to the Department of Environmental Affairs South Africans generated approximately 54.2 million...
In line with a R187 million expansion project to improve the ageing infrastructure in Buffalo City Municipality, the Reeston Wastewater Treatment Works in East London has undergone an upgrade to increase its capacity to 12.5 Mℓ/day. As part of the...
The Kouga Municipality in the Eastern Cape will embark on a journey to build the first “plastic road” in Africa. The approach could spell the end of potholes, create jobs and help save the planet. For more this story we are joined on...
The Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of SA (Redisa) says it is committed to reviving its operations following the finding by the Supreme Court of Appeal that it was the subject of a campaign to ruin the programme. On 24 January 2019,...
South Africa is in a water crisis and wastewater reuse, desalination and potable water quality are top of the agenda. Where will our future water be sourced? The most common solutions to South Africa’s water challenges usually entail a massive...
Process efficiencies depend on precise technologies that require real-time monitoring and scheduled maintenance. For applications like desalination and wastewater reuse, maintenance and continuous plant condition monitoring are of utmost importance...
A delegation of local and international engineering professionals together with a line-up of thought-leaders in Africa’s extractive, construction, energy, food processing, agriculture, water and wastewater, and power generation industries will be...
The minister of Basic Education Angie Motshekga today handed over 42 toilets to the Ubuhle-Bemvelo Primary School in Mtubatuba, KwaZulu-Natal. The handover comes as a result of public-private partnership between the department and Amalooloo to...
In an effort to deal with the non-payment of tolls by Gauteng road users, the Department of Transport has set aside R5.7 billion for the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral). The funds will come from the department’s medium-term budget...
Transnet National Ports Authority’s (TNPA) Port of Ngqura has successfully launched the first ever locally manufactured aluminium vessel and according to the TNPA the move is set to unlock big opportunities for the South African boat building...
