The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) has appointed 81 new engineers and town planners in an effort to assist distressed municipalities to get back on track. The appointment follows a report by Auditor General...
Sandton Central, and many of its local businesses, has welcomed the implementation of the City of Johannesburg’s mandatory separation-at-source programme. With the City’s landfills fast running out of space, fast, its voluntary separation-at-source...
The South African National Roads Agency limited has signed and agreement with construction machinery supplier, Bell Equipment that will accelerate the transformation of the construction industry and open doors for black-owned and managed CIDB...
Chinese funding of energy and infrastructure projects in Africa has almost trebled between 2016 and 2017 from US$3 billion to US$8.8 billion. This is according to new research by from global law firm Baker McKenzie and IJGlobal. According to the...
The impact of Africa’s current economic status and future growth potential on infrastructure development will be deliberated during the 7th annual Infrastructure Africa Business Forum (IABF) at the Sandton Convention Centre on the 9th and 10th of...
Civil engineering, along with the rest of the construction sector, will remain in the doldrums for 2018 with hopes for some improvement to begin next year. This is according to Industry Insight senior economist David Metelerkamp. Metelerkamp, who...
Enel Green Power RSA, the Enel Group’s South African renewables company, has signed financing all financing agreements for five new wind farms with Nedbank Limited and Absa. The total investment in the five wind farms amounts to approximately 1.2...
The executive board of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has released a statement distancing itself from the contents of an article written by its CEO Manglin Pillay. According to SAICE the article, which was published in...
The South African National Bottled Water Association (SANBWA) has applauded the response of ordinary South Africans to plastics recycling initiatives as the country’s recycling rate trumps that currently achieved in Europe. Responding to the...
Plastics industry body Plastics|SA is calling on the industry to work towards achieving the goal of zero pellet, flake and powder loss. This drive forms part of the industry’s efforts to keep South Africa’s water sources free of plastic pollution....
