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UWP Consulting celebrates 10 years in Tanzania

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...

CT’s lower dam levels no cause for concern

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...

Clean, sustainable off-grid lighting for Africa

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...

Load shedding a high priority – Energy

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...
war on waste

Waging a war on waste

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....

New depot for eThekwini Water and Sanitation

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...

Construction Indaba kicks off in Durban

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...

Matona and Eskom part ways

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...

Financial transaction and loadshedding: Pierre Loubser

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...