Water security is a top priority, directly impacting on South Africa’s ability to maintain and grow its economy and meet infrastructure targets. WASA talks to James Preston, marketing manager, SBS® Tanks, about recent projects and the company’s...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti says the Giyani Water Project is high on the priority list of parliament. Speaking at a fact-finding visit to Giyani recently the minister said the project would be reprioritised in terms of the...
South Africa’s first solar powered desalination plant is set to be commissioned in the Western Cape later this year. The project, which was initiated by Prof. Erwin Schwella, Professor of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch and Tilburg Universities...
Transnet National Ports Authority has appointed Nozipho Mdawe as new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mdawe, whose appointment will be effective as of 21 May 2018, is taking over the role from Phyllis Difeto and according to the Ports authority the...
The Volvo Group Southern Africa has committed R25 million to help address South Africa’s high unemployment rate among the youth. Torbjörn Christensson, President of Volvo Group Southern Africa, says the company is investing the money as part of the...
FAW South Africa has moved up three places in the rankings from fifth position to become the second biggest truck exporter behind the Volvo group. The fortune 500 company, which has a truck assembly plant worth R600 million located at the Coega...
An innovative sand pumping initiative between the eThekwini Municipality and Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has successfully reinstated sand along eroded sections of Durban’s popular Golden Mile. Portions of North Beach, Dairy Beach,...
The City of Cape Town recently upgraded its Council rental units (CRUs) in Atlantis and Hout Bay at a total cost of R9 million. The City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Assets and Facilities Management, Stuart Diamond says the extensive upgrade...
The City of Cape Town says its dam levels have increased slightly but so has water consumption. While there has been a slight increase in dam levels of 0.5% to an overall level of 21.4% as a result of some rainfall and lower evaporation rates the...
Power utility Eskom says it wants to use lessons learnt from the construction of its two mega power stations, Medupi and Kusile, to drive the country’s nuclear build programme. Speaking at the African Utility Week Conference in Cape Town on...
