The North West is one of the provinces facing the greatest risk of the impacts of climate change. This is after years of drought and frequent heatwaves. These are among the concerns raised during public consultations on the new Climate Change bill....
Zimborders Consortium has signed a concession agreement linked to the award of a contract valued at approximately US$240 million by the Zimbabwean government for a major expansion and upgrade of the Beitbridge border post. This follows the...
Transnet Freight Rail (TFR) recognises the increasingly critical need for a predictable rail service that will support and enhance its drive to build successful partnerships with industry and third-party logistics service providers (3PLs). This was...
The rural village of Eiffel in the Northern Cape is still waiting for houses after a more than seven-million-rand housing construction project started in 2015 and stopped a year later. The municipality blames the slow progress of the contractor....
The roll-out of a series of desalination plants has given Cape Town a new lease on life and a chance for the city’s depleted dams to bounce back from the extended drought. Cape Town has become a hot topic for water engineering over the past 18...
The African Development Bank has approved the African Water Facility’s (AWF) work plan and budget for 2018. The plan addresses past challenges and proposes solutions to the pressing issues of resource mobilisation, filling vacancies, monitoring...
Three unions representing Eskom employees have requested a meeting with finance minister Nhlanhla Nene and public enterprises minister Pravin Gordhan after they failed to reach an agreement on Tuesday. The National Union of Metalworkers of South...
The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Dr Zweli Mkhize, met seven distressed municipalities in Limpopo this week as part of the oversight visit to distressed and dysfunctional municipalities in the province. Â Minister...
The South African Coal Ash Association (SACAA) has joined forces with surface mining industry association, Aspasa in an effort to reach out to potential users of coal ash products. While the industries derive their products through different means,...
Four of the 27 projects which have signed power purchase agreements with Eskom, have reached financial close. The four projects, which fall under South Africa’s Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme, (REIPPPP), are being...
