By Garyn Rapson, Partner at Webber Wentzel Last week the Minister of Finance introduced the revised Carbon Tax Bill (Bill) to Parliament. The Bill takes into account feedback received during the Parliamentary hearings on the December 2017 draft...
Plastics|SA has welcomed Mxolisi Khutama as the new Chairman for 2019 at its Annual General Meeting that took place in Midrand recently.   Khutama (BSc Eng, PGDMM, PGDBM) will be replacing Bernhard Mahl as Chairman of the Board, although Bernhard...
The Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) has questioned the Department of Water and Sanitation on unauthorised expenditure on 10 projects that were undertaken, but not budgeted for. The unplanned projects which were identified by the...
Aurecon Lesotho has been awarded the contract to design and supervise the construction of the major bridges to be built in Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP). The contract, which is valued at M123 million, started on 05 November...
Greater collaboration is the way to contain costs within the logistics sector. This was the view of industry experts at a panel discussion on ‘Collaboration or Competition between Road and Rail’ hosted by the Transportation Engineering Division of...
It’s Wednesday and that means we have our weekly feature going green. Today’s focus is on the polluted Vaal dam. To discuss this dire situation in depth SABC reporter Maageketla Mohlabe, and Col Andries Mahapa from the SANDF. Source:...
Waste Management Company EnviroServ has spent more than R3 million this year helping 73 unemployed youth around the country enter the working world by sponsoring their studies. According to Neville Moopanar, EnviroServ group training manager, the...
The South African waste recovery market is set for a major paradigm shift following the unveiling of the first world’s first bio-brick grown from human urine. The bio-brick, which is the handy work of researchers at the University of Cape Town, is...
Technical teams from the South African National Defence Force have started the technical work in the Vaal on Monday. The soldiers have been deployed to help rehabilitate dysfunctional water pumps that have polluted the Vaal River system. SABC...
The City of Cape Town’s flagship intervention to relieve congestion in the Kommetjie area is progressing well with the City placing asphalt layers on the newly constructed lanes along Kommetjie Road and Ou Kaapse Weg. The project, which is part of...
