The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) has unveiled a new biometric and facial recognition system that will help clean up the management of the Extended Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the Province. The “Identification...
PPC Ltd has managed to post strong financial results for the six months ended 30 September 2018. The company reported an eight percent rise in group revenue to R5.6 billion, largely due to a four percent increase in total cement volumes to 3.1...
Kimberley could soon face water restrictions. Efforts to keep reservoirs at acceptable levels have failed. The Sol Plaatje Municipality says restrictions will be imposed if the combined levels of its reservoirs falls below 100 million litres of...
Energy and water supplies at the Emthonjeni Community Centre have received a much needed boost thanks to a donation from Sasol Energy. The company has installed solar power panels and a borehole pump at the centre in the interest of fostering...
The captain of a Ukrainian fishing vessel has been convicted for dumping sewage into South African coastal waters. The conviction, which is the first of its kind for South Africa, along with the sentence, serves as confirmation that the country is...
Engineers from the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) are expected to start cleaning the polluted Vaal River this week. This comes after the SANDF conducted an extensive assessment on the extent of pollution in the Vaal River System...
Occupational health and safety specialists have noted that the ruling by the Constitutional Court to decriminalise the private use of cannabis has raised important questions for the construction industry. Gerhard Roets, Construction Health and...
A South African non-profit organisation is about to make history as the first organisation of its kind to co-direct a water scarcity documentary with the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). Speaking at a water...
The South African National Defence Force (SANDF) has deployed technical teams to help restore infrastructure at the polluted Vaal River system caused by raw sewage flowing into the river from defective pump stations in the Emfuleni Municipality....
The growing popularity and affordability of renewable energy technologies could potentially drive the country’s coal industry in a new direction. This is the view of James McKay, spokesperson for energy solutions provider Energy Partners....
