Africa regional director of United Nations Environment, Julliette Biao Koudenoukpo has voiced her concern over the increase in toxic waste dumping in Africa. Speaking on the side lines of the COP2 meeting to the Bamako convention in Abidjan-Ivory...
S&P Global Ratings has downgraded the credit rating for Eskom on Wednesday from B- to CCC+. According to a report by Reuters, the global ratings agency took the decision as a result of liquidity concerns and insufficient government support that...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is prioritising pothole repairs in an effort to address the R11.8 billion backlog required to upgrade the city’s 13 599km road network. To date the agency has repaired 44 350 potholes across the City since the...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has welcomed the recently announced changes to the National Executive. In a statement released after the cabinet reshuffle, the industry body said it particularly happy with the reappointment of highly...
While the South African built environment and construction industry continues to battle the slump, economic pressure has led to a number of contractors revising their pricing strategies to see how they can offer services at a lower price than their...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s highly anticipated cabinet reshuffle was announced on Monday evening leaving the National Executive with a whole new look. In a media briefing at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, the President said he had made the...
Lives of those living in rural areas have changed for the better – thanks to innovation. The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has developed a water treatment system to get water from rivers. The project was first piloted...
KwaZulu-Natal could soon be added to the growing list of drought disaster areas following Umgeni Water’s recent announcement that one of the province’s main storage dam levels is critically low. In a recent statement the utility said it was...
Gugile Nkwinti has been appointed the new Minister of Water and Sanitation in President Cyril Ramaphosa’s highly anticipated cabinet reshuffle. Nkwinti was reassigned together with several other members of the national executive, in an...
The eThekwini Municipality will be conducting a major water installation on the GO!Durban bus route which is expected to leave residents in surrounding areas short on water for a period of 12 to 15 hours. In a statement released on Monday the...
