Loeriesfontein Wind Farm has announced that its wind turbine foundations are utilising one of the world’s lowest quantities of Portland cement in the concrete formulation. The foundations are designed using an 89% replacement of cement, resulting...
South Africa and the Netherlands elevated their longstanding relations on Tuesday, placing a focus on trade and investment. President Jacob Zuma received Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte, who is on a two-day official visit to South Africa, at...
While Gauteng has not declared drought as a disaster, the province is pulling all the stops to save its available water and to have an efficient provincial response to the water challenge. Currently four provinces – KwaZulu-Natal, Free State,...
KwaDukuza Municipality and Group Five have reached a power deal that will see construction activities resume at Avon Peaking power plant outside Shakaskraal, in KwaZulu-Natal’s north coast. This follows the dismissal of about 1 500 construction...
The Building Industry Bargaining Council (Cape of Good Hope) has announced the wage increases for the Building Industry. The parties concluded a three year wage agreement in 2013 and the current agreement will expire at the end of October 2016....
City Power will spend more than R500 million over the next three years on the upgrading of six power substations in Region C to increase their capacity and prevent power outages. The six substations that will be given a new lease of life are in...
President Jacob Zuma says South Africa remains committed to diversifying its energy sources to respond to its national development imperatives. Addressing the working lunch of the G20 Heads of State and Government on Monday in Antalya, Turkey,...
A country like South Africa, where rainfall is variable and unpredictable, has to plan for the worst. Specifically, it has to plan to manage the impacts of drought. For cities, present practice is to store enough water to supply the needs of each...
Despite the severe drought that has hit most parts of South Africa, Xanthia remains a success story as its water project nears 98% completion. Ensconced in the rolling hills of Bushbuckridge in Mpumalanga, the impoverished village boasts a...
With the country caught in the grip of a drought and conditions of extreme water scarcity, the Department of Water and Sanitation plans to build a R2 billion pipeline from the Gariep Dam to the Mangaung Municipality in the Free State. Minister...
