A pumping system designed to separate solids and pump waste water over longer distances holds the key to providing acceptable sanitation to rural villages and sparsely inhabited areas where until recently the bucket system and pit latrines were the...
There is a glimmer of hope that more than 1-thousand 8-hundred jobs could be saved at Exxaro Coal’s Arnot power station. Eskom will soon be announcing the appointment of at least two companies that will be supplying coal to the power station....
The Oudtshoorn Municipality has suspended Ronnie Lottering, a Director for Community Services pending further investigation which may lead to a disciplinary hearing in the near future. Lottering who has for the past two years acting as Municipal...
Municipalities have a constitutional mandate to provide for services to communities it serves. These services include Utilities (water, electricity, sewer and waste management), access and mobility, parks and recreation and other amenities. It is a...
The Hartebeesfontein Wastewater Treatment Works is currently undergoing an upgrade which will see an additional 5 megalitres added to the facility’s treatment capacity using existing infrastructure and groundbreaking treatment technology. The main...
Constructed in 1977, the Hartebeesfontein Wastewater Treatment Works will be the first plant in Gauteng to feature groundbreaking wastewater treatment technology as it undergoes an extension. By Liesl Frankson Located to the east of Kempton Park...
The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) is offering people in the province the opportunity to attain a nationally recognised qualification for free. “The high costs of tertiary education, together with limited places at...
The Institute of Waste Management of South Africa hosted successful information sharing business morning at the Nelson Mandela Bay Business Chamber on Thursday 7 April 2016. The event was coordinated by the Port Elizabeth subcommittee, falling...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has been shortlisted for the Africa investor (Ai) Infrastructure Project Developer Awards 2016. The bank has been nominated in the category of Ai African Project Development Financier of the Year. Other nominees...
Transport for Cape Town (TCT), the City of Cape Town’s transport authority, is spending approximately R55.4 million on the resurfacing of major traffic arteries in Observatory, Woodstock, Paarden Eiland, Newlands, Claremont and Wynberg. “All in...
