One of South Africa’s most dangerous roads, the Moloto Road which runs north of Pretoria and passes through three provinces, has been incorporated into the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) road network. The government gazette announcing...
The Port of Port Elizabeth is getting a facelift. It will be transformed into a multi-million rand futuristic smart port that will host a new car terminal and international convention centre. The immediate challenge is to relocate the manganese...
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) researchers have warned that continued population and economic growth, combined with climate change, could result in serious water shortages in some parts of the country by 2025. Speaking to the...
The demand for infrastructure in Africa is driven by rising populations and rapid urbanisation and is causing a shift for all players in the sector. The continent needs $95 billion per annum for the next 10 years to meet its infrastructure demands....
The City of Cape Town’s Electricity Services Department has successfully completed an infrastructure upgrade that was necessary to allow for the next phases of work to commence on the Joe Slovo housing project. This involved replacing the overhead...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has allocated a budget of over R100 million to upgrade three low-lying bridges in Soweto. This forms part of a city-wide JRA bridge construction and rehabilitation programme which will be launched by City of...
The most rural, inaccessible parts of the Eastern Cape are to benefit from a multi million rand road infrastructure project. The SABC visited one of these villages, virtually cut off from the outside world. Source: SABC Digital News Source URL:...
Tuesday, the 8th of September 2015, will see 15 of local and international experts in the field of plastic pipe manufacture and infrastructure take to the stage, when they present their papers at the PIPES IX Conference. The conference is hosted by...
Historically, waste management in South Africa mainly focused on end of pipe technologies such as landfilling and incineration. With the promulgation of the National Environmental Management Act (No. 107 of 1998) (NEMA) and the National...
One man was killed and another sustained moderate injuries when part of a building collapsed in Ophirton in Booysens, Johannesburg, on Friday. “ER24 paramedics and other rescue services including Fire and Rescue and provincial paramedics...
