When is petrol going up? On Wednesday, the 7 October 2026, South African motorists will face a major record price hikes at the petrol pump. Due to the current American-Iran war’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz, oil prices have been steadily...
The new Africa Credit Rating Agency (AfCRA) has already generated an important debate. Some analysts have portrayed it as a rival to the three established global rating agencies – Fitch, Moody’s and S&P Global. Others have questioned whether...
Pikitup, the City of Johannesburg’s waste management entity, sincerely apologises to residents who have been affected by delays in waste collection over the past few days. Reduced operational capacity resulted in some scheduled collections being...
APE Pumps has appointed Willem van der Westhuizen as pump specialist, bringing 44 years of experience in the selection, design, manufacture, testing, commissioning and troubleshooting of critical pumps and pumping systems to the South African...
Walk into a five-star hotel lobby, a bustling restaurant, or a modern corporate reception, and every detail is carefully curated to make you feel welcome. But there is one unwelcome guest that can instantly shatter that illusion: A single flying...
As South Africa increasingly turns to waste-to-energy to relieve pressure on municipal landfills and constrained power grids, Kate Stubbs – business development director at EnviroServ – unpacks the technologies, opportunities and misconceptions...
South Africa’s waste challenge is approaching a critical point. As landfill capacity comes under increasing pressure, illegal dumping continues to proliferate in some urban areas and waste generation outpaces investment in infrastructure, the...
In modern landfills, the geomembrane liner forms the key component to the critical barrier system. Its job is simple to state, but demanding in practice: “reliably isolate waste and leachate from the surrounding environment”. The chemistry of...
The organisation notes that while this month’s focus is usually on vehicles, freight and road safety, there is a complex municipal engineering ecosystem behind every functioning urban transport network. Municipal engineers design, build and...
The two geotechnical investigations contracts recently awarded by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) mark meaningful progress on the Oxbow Hydropower Scheme, the preferred scheme within Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water...
