South Africa needs to focus on electricity demand side management rather than just supply management, to consider a total energy debate, according to the Green Building Council South Africa. In the run up to the national budget speech where one of...
There is universal agreement in the country that creating jobs should be a priority. It’s the catch-phrase on funding proposals for business ideas, especially in townships. Environmentally-friendly pitches are also in vogue. But it’s...
Treatment of mine water requires highly specialised services to ensure client expectations are met. Herman Smit, managing director of Quality Filtration Systems (QFS) talks to Water&Sanitation Africa about what it takes to get the job done...
The construction sector has been caught with its pants down after failing to reach agreement on the alignment of its sector specific code with the Department of Trade and Industry’s amended generic codes of good practice. This follows the...
KwaZulu-Natal’s first manufacturer of eco-friendly rubber flooring for commercial, industrial and residential use, has launched an extensive range of rubber paving tiles and bricks made from recycled truck tyres.  A joint venture between...
The newly-formed Asset Management division of SMEC South Africa will be headed up by General Manager Tom Bürge, who was appointed on 11 January 2016. Bürge’s experience covers a range of industries and geographies. He has worked in South Africa,...
Much has been written over the past couple of years around the topic of ‘Smart Cities’. By Lionel Moyal, Head of Intervate, a T-Systems company The utopian vision of the Smart City often involves carefully orchestrated traffic and public transport...
South Africa has invested R290 billion in infrastructure in the past calendar year, says Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel. Speaking in Parliament during the State of the Nation debate last week, he said the money went towards building...
Thousands of illegal electricity wires were disconnected recently as the eThekwini Municipality continues to fight the scourge of illegal connections. The joint operation was undertaken by officials from eThekwini Municipality’s Electricity Unit,...
A community in Munsie-ville, Krugersdorp, west of Johannesburg has been racked by protest for a second day as the municipality tried to disconnect illegal connections and restore electricity to those who pay for it. Electricity is a basic need in...
