UWP Consulting (Tanzania) opened its doors as a partnership between Tanzanian professionals and South African engineering consulting practice UWP Consulting a decade ago. The Tanzanian business has successfully completed roads and water projects...
The City of Cape Town’s dam levels are at slightly lower levels than previous years, but the municipality says projected demand is unlikely to exceed projected supply for the foreseeable future. In a statement released on Wednesday the city says...
Creating favourable conditions for modern solar lighting markets can provide a low-cost solution to reducing carbon emissions while bringing electricity to an estimated 600 million people in Africa, says a new report by United Nations Environment...
Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson says that the current load-shedding incidents are receiving urgent attention with several steps, including the finalisation of the Integrated Energy Plan, being taken to address this. “I want to reassure South...
Minister of Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, says government is waging a war on waste and prioritising contributing to the development and growth of the recycling economy. “The waste sector is currently valued at about R50 billion per annum....
World Environment Day is around the corner with a catch-phrase that will make you think – ‘Seven billion dreams. One planet. Consume with care’. The Institute of Waste Management of Southern Africa (IWMSA) shines light on South Africa’s waste...
The construction of the new eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) Depot in Prospecton is the outcome of a municipal decision taken in 2010 to centralise facilities to better service the expanding Southern region. The six buildings, comprising a...
The two day Construction Indaba hosted by the eThekwini Municipality kicks off today and is aimed at empowering emerging and established contractors. The Construction Indaba, held at the Durban Exhibition Centre, will guide and advise the...
The Eskom board and the utility’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tshediso Matona have mutually agreed to part ways. “Eskom and its Chief Executive Tshediso Matona have mutually agreed to part ways on an amicable basis. It is expressly noted that no...
South Africans experience load shedding from time to time. But what happens when they do financial transaction and there is a power cut. Is it safe to do banking while there is power interruptions? Absa bank has introduced a fully customisable and...