South Africa’s the passenger rail system is undertaking a comprehensive digital upgrade, gaining global attention. American news agency CNN recently looked at how the digitisation of South Africa’s rail services is overtaking some of the world’s...
The Volkswagen Group officially launch its B-BBEE Initiatives Trust on Thursday. The Trust aims to lend greater support to its black-owned suppliers and enhance the sustainability of the business. Volkswagen South Africa’s (VWSA) managing director,...
Preserving South Africa’s marine heritage and protecting its shores from pollution has been a priority for the global plastics industry, and in South Africa, DPI Plastics is seeing this through. The company has been a part of the Fishing Line...
A Western Cape based waste-to-energy plant was recognised as one of the best civil engineering projects for 2016 in the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Awards which recently took place in Johannesburg. The New Horizons Energy...
The South African plastics industry recently launched Operation Clean Sweep on World Oceans Day (8 June 2017) at the uShaka Marine World in Durban. According to Douw Steyn, sustainability director at Plastics|SA, the primary goal of the campaign is...
South African petrochemicals group Sasol plans to apply to postpone a 2020 deadline for meeting stricter air pollution laws. The company, which announced this at the beginning of June, said it intended to apply for an extension for some of its...
The outlook for South Africa’s construction industry over the next four years will be moderate, compared to the industry’s performance between 2012 and 2016, says data analysis company Timetric. Contributing to this is poor investor sentiment as a...
After wildfires plagued the coastal town of Knysna, authorities have spent the last week assessing the extent of damage to infrastructure, public works minister Nathi Nhleko said. The fires completely destroyed more than 600 homes and left more...
For Africa to reach its greatest economic potential, its leaders have to devise ways to boost and encourage infrastructure development and public and private sector collaboration. Africa Development Corporation CEO and President Andrew Alli...
Energy minister Mmamaloko Kubayi has a vision for young South Africans to be “global nuclear leaders”. Speaking to media at a recent expo in Moscow on Monday, Kubayi said the country’s youth have a place in the proposed nuclear programme and would...
