The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF) has secured a total of $385million in its latest fundraiser. Among the investors is global insurer Allianz, which is set to become the first large commercial lender to commit long-term funding to the...
Over 7000 households in Diepsloot will now have access to a constant water supply thanks to a new 25 mega litres reservoir. It was launched on Tuesday by Councillor Nico De Jager, Member of Mayoral Committee, Environment and Infrastructure...
A multi-billion rand water scheme has begun servicing over 200 000 households in Mandeni, north of Durban. The area is in the Ilembe district, one of the hardest hit by drought in recent years. Communities in this rural part of KwaZulu-Natal now...
Mine water applications require specialised pumping technology. Katrina Zlobich, business development manager, Grundfos, talks to Water&Sanitation Africa about Grundfos’ holistic offering to the mining industry. What are the challenges South...
A school in drought-stricken Cape Town has reduced its water use by more than 90% thanks to an innovative water-management system developed by one of the country’s leading firms of consulting engineers and environmental scientists. Benjamin Biggs,...
Despite recent rainfall and increasing dam levels the Department of Water and Sanitation has called on Gauteng residents to watch their water consumption as winter approaches. The Integrated Vaal River System (IVRS) edged up to higher levels last...
Newly-appointed Amatola Water chief executive officer, Vuyo Zitumane says improving stakeholder relationships are among her top priorities in the short term. Zitumane joins the organisation at a time when its turnaround plan, endorsed by the...
With transformation now at the centre of many development partnerships, South Africa’s construction industry is calling for expanded governance in the sector to promote an enabling environment for the empowerment of historically underprivileged...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited has appointed Dumisani Nkabinde as the new Regional Manager of the Eastern Region which includes KwaZulu-Natal and Free State. Nkabinde is among three accomplished professionals with extensive...
MAN ProfiDrive® has added a further module to its newly designed training courses aimed at drivers of all-terrain MAN Construction Trucks. The first ever “Offroad & Traction” training course showed participants how to correctly operate and use...
