In a twist of irony, a desalination plant commissioned and built by the Kamiesberg Local Municipality in the Northern Cape to assist during the drought, is now standing idle because of the drought. The plant is meant to process harsh underground...
Many of South Africa’s wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) are overdesigned and face serious operational and maintenance flaws. Jacques Nieuwoudt, process engineer, AquaPlan Watertreatment Engineering, discusses how the capacity, efficiency and...
The Clanwilliam Dam Project in the Western Cape has stalled due to a lack of funding according to Premier Helen Zille. Zille said in a Daily Maverick article on Monday that Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told her that there was...
Isuzu Motors recent acquisition of the Struandale plant in Port Elizabeth is expected to boost investor confidence in the country according to the Department of Trade and Industry (dti). Last year, Isuzu announced it would purchase the light...
Low-cost technologies aimed at improving the quality of water and service delivery in the country’s municipalities will be on display at the 12th National Municipal Managers Forum taking place in Mpumalanga this week. The Forum, which is taking...
Newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa has called on the country to continue to intensify efforts to use water wisely. Ramaphosa made the appeal during his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) as President of the Republic on Friday in...
The City of Cape Town has warned residents against stock piling water amid the drought as it could bring Day Zero closer once again. According to the municipality stockpiling water will prevent the City from stretching its water supply into the...
Buhle Waste is a second-generation family business that is 100% black-owned and -managed. The company strives to achieve excellence in all of its business activities in the communities in which it operates. Buhle Waste strives to be an embodiment...
Brett Herron, MMC for Transport and Urban Development in the City of Cape Town, says the City’s public transport system is buckling under the pressure of increasing attacks on critical infrastructure and assets needed to run its bus and urban rail...
Bus operations have resumed in Ntambanana in Kwa-Zulu Natal after a successful meeting between the community and the Department of Transport over the public transport impasse. Residents of Ntambanana have been without a reliable form of public...
