Fundi Sithebe has been appointed as the chief operating officer (COO) of Airports Company South Africa (ACSA). Sithebe is expected to assume the role of COO from 1 December 2017. According to ACSA CEO Bongani Maseko, the Sithebe’s appointment in...
Meeting the current and future water storage needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as are future drought countermeasures. Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks®, discusses the company’s...
Taps around the country could soon run dry if municipalities fail to settle their outstanding water debt. The Department of Water and Sanitation has revealed plans to issue water cut notices to the top 30 defaulting municipalities, who will likely...
KwaZulu-Natal’s (KZN) construction sector currently contributes 4.5% to its provincial GDP on an annual basis with the province allocating a budget of R350 million to award tenders for a range of related activities. Against this backdrop, the KZN...
Engineered Linings (EL) is a division of PSV Industrial and has been servicing the industrial and mining sectors for 33 years. Marketing Executive Hein Jansen van Vuren describes how EL provides the best-quality product for specific applications in...
South Africans are recycling more plastic than ever before according to the latest plastics recycling figures released by Plastics SA. Anton Hanekom, Executive Director for Plastics SA, says the results of its annual survey into plastics recycling...
Hazardous waste management leader A-Thermal Retort Technologies specialises in thermally treating and managing hazardous and toxic waste. Managing director Nicolas Eleftheriades explains how A-Thermal now offers two new services for their valued...
Mercedes-Benz has made the move to offer all its commercial van model lines with electric drive. The vehicle manufacturer plans to electrify all its commercial model ranges over the next few years, starting with the mid-size eVito, which is now...
The African Development Bank is calling on African governments to take bold actions aimed at improving connectivity, market access, and cost reduction in the continent’s aviation sector. Speaking at the third ICAO World Aviation Forum in Abuja,...
Despite tough economic times confidence levels of consulting engineers have improved according to Consulting Engineers South Africa’s (CESA) Bi-annual Economic and Capacity Survey. The results, for the period January to June 2017, indicate...
