The City of Cape Town’s municipal water supply may dry up sooner than expected following a decline in dam levels this week that has brought Day Zero closer. “Unfortunately, due to a drop in the dam levels of 1.4%, Day Zero has, as of today, moved...
The Passenger Railway Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is calling on government, stakeholders and communities to assist in the fight against cable theft. The call was prompted by ongoing criminal activities on railways which have resulted in the loss...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) will undertake remedial work on the M1 Highway to accommodate the installation of cables and future services, from Wednesday 24 January up until the end of February 2018. According to the agency the construction...
The eThekwini Municipality’s Executive Committee has approved reports requesting new equipment for the city’s waste management unit, Durban Solid Waste. This forms part of the municipality’s efforts to accelerate service delivery and keep the city...
A new global circularity metric has revealed that over 90% of the raw materials used globally are not cycled back into the economy, putting a massive strain on the planet’s natural resources. This alarming statistic was the focal point of the first...
The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) is calling on all waste management industry bodies to submit their abstracts for an opportunity to showcase their innovative products and services at WasteCon 2018. In support of the...
Western Cape Premier, Helen Zille, has written to the Presidency asking that a national disaster is declared. This as dam levels in the province start dropping to below 30 percent and Day Zero looms large. Zille says the response comes after the...
Kenville road in Durban North will be closed from 19 February 2018 until 30 April 2019 for a road upgrade project. This is in order to accommodate the realignment of Inanda Road and the construction of a new bridge along Kenville Road according to...
The pace of transformation in the construction industry is moving too slowly and has shown little sign of improvement according to the latest Construction Monitor by the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb). The monitor points out that...
Eskom has wasted no time in displaying its high hopes for its new board by announcing plans to ask banks to reopen lending facilities which were suspended last year. The move according to Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe is part of the utility’s...
