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...
Producers have begun meeting consumer demands for sustainable, responsible packaging, Tetra Pak announced. The company said that more Middle Eastern and African companies have started using Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) labelled cartons to...
By Tracy-Lee Erasmus A notice to the paper and packaging, electrical and electronic and lighting industries in terms of s28 of the National Environmental Management: Waste Act, No 59 of 2008, was published on 12 August 2016 by Minister of...
Six years ago, the Visserhoek landfill site in Cape Town was granted authorisation to extend its lifespan to provide an extra six to nine years of landfill capacity. This extension was granted provided the City of Cape Town develop a master plan...
Planning for new highways has been brought to a standstill due to a severe lack of funds, the South African National Roads Agency’s (SANRAL) manager for tolls and traffic Alex van Niekerk said. Speaking at the Transport Forum Month of Transport...
The electricity sector should “look outside” for solutions to the enormous challenges confronting the industry, says Local Government and Traditional Affairs Minister David van Rooyen. Speaking at the 65th Convection of the Association of Municipal...
The preferred bidders of the first bid window for the coal baseload programme are Thabametsi and Khanyisa, Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson announced on Monday. The Coal Programme which was launched in December 2014 is the first baseload...
