It’s not every day or year that Johannesburg Water (JW) gets to launch two water reservoirs in less than six months. The Orange Farm and Diepsloot reservoirs were launched in January and March 2018, respectively. These are big, wide concrete...
The City of Cape Town’s Transport and Urban Development Authority is set to spend the bulk of its capital budget for the next three years on new housing opportunities, new roads and infrastructure for the MyCiTi bus service. Given the dire need for...
In an effort to safeguard the environment and combat pollution the City of Johannesburg is set to roll out a phased approach to make separation at source mandatory for households. According to Nico de Jager, the City of Johannesburg’s Member of the...
The R51 road between Vereeniging and Balfour has officially been opened three months ahead of schedule. Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi, who opened the road on Monday, said this is an indication that the Gauteng Provincial...
In a quest to promote engineering as a career of choice, Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) along with its Young Professionals Forum (YPF) is hosting a Job Shadow Initiative. The initiative, which coincides with Youth Day on 16 June 2018, is...
Africa’s blooming cities are set to play an increasingly important role in the continent’s development while the growth of smaller, secondary cities will present nascent opportunities. These were some of the key messages to come out of the Royal...
The winners of the 2018 Eco-Logic Awards were announced in Pretoria recently in a star studded affair that saw finalists, together with company CEO’s, celebrities and thought-leaders step out in their most ‘glamourously green’ outfits to observe...
Public schools in Cape Town are getting a water saving boost. The NGO Save our Schools and the private sector are installing tanks to harvest rain water for ablution facilities. The first consignment has been delivered in Woodstock. Source: SABC...
Recent rainfall in the Western Cape has brought some relief to the province as major dams have steadily improved. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation, the increased inflow into the rivers was sufficient to lead to significant...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Dr Edna Molewa, is calling on the public to comment on the recently published National Climate Change Bill. According to the department the purpose of the Bill, which was published in in Government Gazette 41689...
