South Africa remains the beloved country; a land of great opportunity – as is the continent of Africa. To express its commitment to the country, the continent and a transformed democratic Africa, Jeffares & Green embarked on a rebranding...
KPMM Roads and Earthworks’ Cat 140K grader fleet forms the backbone of the layer works programmes on a range of projects now under way nationally, a key one being on the Middelburg to Loskopdam road in Mpumalanga. Sustained public-sector investment...
The number of municipalities in the country are set to decrease from 278 to 257, says the Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs. According to the department, the new municipalities will come into being on the date of the...
The fourth annual African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo takes place 9 – 11 May 2016, at the Gallagher Convention Centre, Midrand, Johannesburg. Conference attendees will have access to eight unique expo experiences which include, African...
The eThekwini executive committee is set to break ground on the Durban Point Waterfront project, which will see the city’s coastal skyline changed by skyscrapers and high-rise developments. According to a report by IOL, infrastructure roll-out for...
Must greater prosperity necessarily lead to a greater carbon footprint and increased greenhouse gas emissions? “In theory, no, but in practice this seems to be the case”, says researcher Max Koch from Lund University in Sweden. His study of 138...
The resilience of the power system was stress tested on Tuesday following multiple trips of units at three power stations resulting in a loss of 3 535MW, said Eskom. “No load shedding was implemented due to the increased resilience that Eskom has...
A pumping system designed to separate solids and pump waste water over longer distances holds the key to providing acceptable sanitation to rural villages and sparsely inhabited areas where until recently the bucket system and pit latrines were the...
There is a glimmer of hope that more than 1-thousand 8-hundred jobs could be saved at Exxaro Coal’s Arnot power station. Eskom will soon be announcing the appointment of at least two companies that will be supplying coal to the power station....
The Oudtshoorn Municipality has suspended Ronnie Lottering, a Director for Community Services pending further investigation which may lead to a disciplinary hearing in the near future. Lottering who has for the past two years acting as Municipal...
