The City of Tshwane is set to deploy water tankers to areas currently affected by water restrictions. Several areas in Gauteng have been hit by water supply issues following electrical problems at one of Rand Waters pumping stations. City...
The pre-qualification for the construction of the main works on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is expected to start in Jan 2019 according to the Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHDA). The agency is calling for...
South African women working in STEM fields have been invited to apply for TechWoman 2019. TechWoman is a professional mentorship and exchange program sponsored by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, and it is...
Eskom has come out to defend load shedding following a social media outcry noting that the power cuts were just a diversion. According to the utility load shedding is nothing more than a means to protect the national electricity system. In...
Despite a challenging 2018 the Coega Development Corporation is ending the year on a high with four construction projects currently underway. Dr Ayanda Vilakazi, CDC unit head brand, marketing and communications says this has been in part,...
Trenchless techniques have many advantages over conventional open-cut trenching methods. Opening the 2018 International No-Dig Conference in Cape Town, Sam Efrat, president of the Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT)...
Presenting the keynote address at the 2018 International No-Dig South Africa conference, Neil van Rooyen, a SASTT board member and director at Chrysalis Projects, unpacked the various elements for the expansion of the trenchless industry, detailing...
The City of Cape Town adopted the use of trenchless technology as early as the mid-1990s. Speaking at the opening of the 2018 International No-Dig South Africa conference held in Cape Town earlier this year, Cape Town deputy mayor Ian Neilson...
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba has invited South African and international construction companies to transform Joburg’s inner city by participating in the city’s revitalisation project. The inner city revitalisation project which is expected to...
On Sunday 9 December 2018, Klaus Endress, current President of the Supervisory Board of the Endress+Hauser Group celebrated his 70th birthday. Born in 1948, Endress was the second of eight children to company founder Dr Georg H Endress and his wife...
