Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane unveiled a budget of R16 446 530 000, 00 to improve water accessibility to the country’s citizens for the 2015/16 Financial Year. Addressing Parliament during her Budget Vote speech last week the...
The construction of a new mega mall in Port Elizabeth has brought much needed infrastructure investment and job creation to the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropolitan Municipality (NMBM). The total investment in the development amounted to 1.7 billion...
Diffusion of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) in landfilled wastes can lead to contamination of groundwater underneath waste containment facilities. Diffusion takes place through the intact and installed composite liner system. Diffusion is...
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has called for proposals to support the creation of an enabling policy and market environment for green mini-grids (GMGs) in an effort to address barriers to growth and unlock private investment in the...
Pump specialist Himadri Sen is set to deliver a short presentation on energy optimisation in pumping systems at this year’s South African Industry and Technology fair. Pumping systems account for 20% of the world’s electrical energy demand. In...
Monitoring of tailings storage facilities could provide better levels of confidence, that the facility is performing as was intended, if regular monitoring data measurements were compared to expected values rather than just being checked for...
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) initiated the Ballito Interchange project, in Durban, originally to improve the capacity of the interchange, which became highly congested at peak times. The initial plan was to add a...
Government is serious about delivering on the commitments it made in the National Development Plan (NDP) regarding eliminating poverty and reducing inequality in South Africa by 2030. “We have this plan to ensure that we turn the unemployment...
The Department of Science and Technology will invest heavily in research and infrastructure of the medium term, according to Minister Naledi Pandor. Briefing journalists at the Imbizo Centre in Parliament ahead of the department’s Budget Vote, the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is working on completing a comprehensive water plan for South Africa with the aim of managing the country’s scarce resource. Minister Nomvula Mokonyane said the plan, which her department aims to finalise...
