The number of deaths caused by railway operational occurrences has increased by 8% in the 2016/17 reporting period according to the Railway Safety Regulator (RSR). Approximately 495 fatalities have been recorded, which shows an increase of 8%...
Unreasonable demands for fast-track construction – coupled with unreasonable delays in payment – are two of the major challenges facing the South African building industry, says Uwe Putlitz, CEO of the Joint Building Contracts Committee...
The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) says the City of Cape Town’s sea marine outfalls pose no significant risk to human health and do not measurably affect inshore water quality or the wider environment. Finding of the study,...
A National Solar Water Heater Programme will soon be rolled out in the eThekwini Municipality according to the city’s Executive Committee. The programme, which is funded by the national Department of Energy, will see solar water geysers installed...
The City of Cape Town is calling on the construction industry to help combat the drought by using treated effluent water for industry operations. According to Xanthea Limberg, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements; Water and...
eThekwini Water and Sanitation has been successfully applying the principals of direct water reuse in a simple yet cost-effective manner. Infrastructure News’s Danielle Petterson spoke to Samista Jugwanth, process engineer at AECOM at the...
Port Nolloth, located on the north-western coast of South Africa, now boasts new infrastructure following a R39 million rehabilitation project by the Transnet National Ports Authority. The infrastructure upgrade was carried out over 14 months by...
Nereda offers sustainable wastewater treatment solutions for municipal and industrial water. WEC Projects Commercial Director Graham Hartlett talks to Infrastructure News about the benefits of Nereda technology.
Residents of Emfuleni Local Municipality are facing water shortages after the municipality failed to settle a R400 million water bill owed to Rand Water. The debt owed dates over two years. Rand Water took action to force the municipality to settle...
Neresh Pather has been elected as president of Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA). Pather was inaugurated as president at CESA’s 64th annual general meeting along with Sugen Pillay who was appointed to the position of deputy president. A...
