David Mahlobo has been appointed the new Minister of energy in President Jacob Zuma’s latest cabinet reshuffle. Mahlobo was reassigned together with six other members of the national executive, in a shock announcement by the president on...
The National Department of Public Works has set aside approximately R16 million to repair buildings that were damaged by violent storms that lashed KwaZulu-Natal and Johannesburg recently. While the final cost is still being quantified to inform...
Emerging transporters from around the country gathered for the first ever Truckers Association of South Africa (TASA) National Conference, under the theme “Radically transforming the road freight sector in South Africa”. According to TASA...
IMIESA speaks to Frikkie Oosthuizen, Executive: Contractual Affairs and Support Services at SAFCEC, about key developments affecting the South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors. From its inception in 1939, the South African Forum of...
Meeting the current and future potable and wastewater needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as are future drought countermeasures. IMIESA talks to Mava Gwagwa, new business and key accounts director, SBS Tanks®,...
An early adopter of new technologies, National Asphalt has led from inception. IMIESA talks to Sean Pretorius, managing director, National Asphalt, about the company’s history before and after its acquisition by Raubex Limited in 2007, and the ...
Mathe Group, Kwazulu-Natal’s biggest tyre recycling success story and one of the largest plants of its kind in South Africa, recently celebrated the recycling of its 100 000th truck tyre at its Hammarsdale facility this year. Dr Mehran Zarrebini,...
Despite difficult socio-economic conditions and financial pressures plaguing the industry, the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has managed to grow its footprint this past year. This is according to SAPPMA CEO Jan...
Frances Ringwood editor of Water & Sanitation Africa talks to Edward Bovu, CEO of Bovu Pumps about some amphibious excavators at IFAT Africa 2017.
SunCulture recently introduced its new solar water pump system which it hopes will transform agricultural output in water scarce regions. The RainMaker solar water pump system is a high-efficiency positive displacement pump that can lift 7 000...
