The Microbiology department at the University of Stellenbosch has undertaken a project to harvest rainwater, treat it and make it potable (drinkable). The project is being tested using three solar pasteurisation tanks along with with the...
South Africa and South Australia have both been on the receiving end of the El Nino phenomenon that has sucked the land dry in recent years. While SA’s drought has lasted two and a half years, Australia has seen a slight turnaround in average...
Millions of South Africans have been affected by water restrictions and outages as a result of the drought over the last two and a half years. However, South Africans are not alone. Big cities around the world have also experienced extreme weather...
A drought declaration was affirmed for Gauteng in early October however the City of Johannesburg plans to introduce stronger water restrictions to further reduce water consumption by 15%. The City is expected to reduce its usage after the...
Modernisation of the public transport system in Gauteng will be the focus of transport month, Ismail Vadi, Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport said at the inaugural Air-Rail Africa Conference. The minister said “we cannot speak about modernising...
Sharp falls in domestic new vehicle sales were reflected for the month of September. The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) commented on the figures and saying the recession in the domestic new vehicle market...
The introduction of Bell’s new L-series Tractor Loader Backhoe (TLB) is said to offer innovation and a wide range of features that one would only expect in much larger, more sophisticated machinery. Features and productivity The TLB is manufactured...
Cabinet will receive a proposal stating that Eskom be the designated procurer for the new nuclear build programme, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson said while briefing Parliament’s energy portfolio committee. She suggested that Eskom’s...
While Building Control Officers (BCO) are entitled to draw plans, municipalities need to ensure that all conflict of interest is avoided when these plans get submitted for local authority approval, Marella O’Reilly, CEO of the South African Council...
Frances Ringwood, editor of ReSource magazine talks to Stan Jewaskiewitz, founder of Envitech Solutions, a specialist environmental engineering firm focusing on landfills and mine waste. Jewaskiewitz talks about landfills can be managed and...
