South Africa’s most creative young design project has just been revealed: the overall winner of the inaugural PPC Imaginarium Awards was announced recently in Cape Town. The overall winning design – a concrete speaker – comes from the...
With South Africa facing massive water problems, the country has an urgent need for highly skilled professionals in the water sector. “As water resources become increasingly scarce, we need more effective administrative and political institutions...
The Langeberg Municipality is in the middle of its 2014/2015 financial year and most of its capital projects, focused on achieving the goals set out in the Integrated Development Plan, are nearing completion. Maynard Johnson, Manager of...
Last year’s glitches that resulted in almost a month long water supply interruption in parts of the Gauteng province has posed a challenge to all municipalities to better prepare themselves for such incidences. In this regard, the Ekurhuleni...
In celebration of National Water Week Knysna Municipality is partnering with the Lunchbox Theatre to bring the message of how important water and its conservation are to learners of the greater municipal area. Executive Mayor Georlene Wolmarans...
Innovation and skills growth are the aims of a recent initiative in SRK Consulting’s Johannesburg office, where young engineers and scientists were briefed to research and develop anything that would improve their work quality and efficiencies....
The purpose of the National Water Week is extremely important as many people still don’t have access to this source of life. In his 2012 State of the Nation Address, president Jacob Zuma said 95 percent of households had access to water. The...
The purpose of this paper is to highlight the unique considerations and elements in establishing such a Facility as the Electron Road Transfer Station – such a design and construction of such a Facility is a NECESSARY EVIL in our modern society, as...
South Africa is a water stressed country. In KwaZulu-Natal, the situation is being compounded by an extended dry spell leaving many desperate for sustained rainfall. Water resources are under tremendous pressure. In this video SABC Reporter Blain...
Water has no substitute: this is the theme for National Water Week 2015 (NWW). The key message according to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is “What if this was the last drop?” “Through this year’s campaign, DWS seeks to remind the...
