While many of South Africa’s state owned companies (SOCs) are performing well, those that are no longer relevant will be phased out, President Jacob Zuma said on Thursday. Delivering the 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA) to a joint sitting of...
South Africa’s energy outlook is positive according to the picture painted by President Jacob Zuma in his 2016 State of the Nation Address (SONA 2016) Zuma pointed out that progress has been made to stabilise the country’s electricity supply, with...
President Jacob Zuma says R7 billion has been committed to new port facilities. This follows the adoption of a Public- Private-Partnership model for port infrastructure development by Transnet National Ports Authority. Delivering his State of the...
Johannesburg residents can breathe a sigh of relief at least for now. Pikitup services are up and running after a work stoppage last week. But municipal workers’ union SAMWU isn’t ruling out further disruptions in the near future....
The first phase of the world’s largest solar power plant has come online in Morocco. The Noor Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) is located in the Souss-Massa-Drâa area in Morocco, about 6 miles from Ouarzazate town. The plant, which was recently...
Things are heating up between the South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) and Pikitup management as the trade union calls for criminal charges to be reinstated against the company’s managing director. The union also seeks to address, in...
Global energy giant Shell will return as a platinum sponsor to African Utility Week at Cape Town’s CTICC from 17-19 May. As the country goes through tough economic times and companies are facing growing price tags for their equipment maintenance,...
The Mayor of the Zululand District Municipality recently conducted a site handover for the construction of the new Usuthu Water Purification in Nongoma, KwaZulu-Natal. According to a report by the Vryheid Herald the plant, which is worth more than...
Manufacturers and suppliers to the infrastructure sector are taking matters into their own hands by investing in back-up power to mitigate extrusion production losses caused by load shedding and general power failures. DPI Plastics, a leading...
