An increase in population, old infrastructure and vandalism are just some of the issues leading to sewer blockages in the Ekurhuleni area, according to the municipality. Municipality (EMM) recently attributed sewer blockages to recently...
The masterplan for the multimillion rand Westdene Dam Precinct upgrade has been approved and the first part of the project is expected to start in a matter of weeks. Announcing the project at a public meeting at the Westdene Recreation Centre this...
The recovery of clean energy in the form of methane-containing biogas is starting to receive tremendous attention in South Africa. However, it is unclear whether the transition from standard bio-methane production to waste-based bio-hydrogen...
The phase 1 of the Spring Grove Dam in KwaZulu-Natal Province is complete and work is set for phase 2. After completion of the full project the Dam will supply water from the Kamberg catchment area of the Drakensberg to six KwaZulu-Natal local and...
A plan with funding for 60 major infrastructure projects, including strategic port and linking transport infrastructure investments, has been prepared ahead of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The event will be...
Construction on six new bridges in Mozambique has been completed, putting a major infrastructure project back on track after it was nearly derailed by a natural disaster. The Compact 200 bridges, supplied by UK manufacturer Mabey Bridge, are...
Delegates from around the globe are meeting at the Africa Energy Indaba to discuss the continent’s energy growth plans. More than 600 million Africans remain without electricity. Experts from the most powerful nuclear energy companies in the...
The City of Cape Town’s new recyclable exchange platform has been upgraded and is already connecting a number of businesses who now make use of each other’s waste products. The Integrated Waste Exchange (IWEX) service, which is now smoother,...
Mpact’s R350-million state-of-the-art polyethylene terephthalate (PET) recycling operation in Wadeville, Germiston, which produces recycled PET (rPET) plastic for food grade packaging, recently announced that its recycling process complies with...
South Africa has the potential to become a major unconventional gas producer‚ according to a new World Energy Council report launched at the Africa Gas Forum. The report states that the growth of unconventional gas is spreading across the world...
