Africa’s omnipresent water crisis creates ongoing business opportunities for the water technology industry, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. “The problem is not a lack of rain, but a lack of rain management – poorly exploited catchment areas,...
The site for the new sludge dewatering plant at the Mossel Bay Municipality regional sewerage works at Hartenbos was recently handed over to the civil subcontractor for the project. The project, with a total value of R18 million, entails the...
The Oudtshoorn municipality is disputing allegations that its waste water treatment plant is being mismanaged. Acting municipal manager, Ronnie Lottering and a team of senior officials visited the waste water treatment plant recently. “The sewerage...
The water situation in the Knysna area remains a serious concern. The Knysna Municipality says they are not faced with a crisis yet however, if water usage is not reduced Knysna could face a serious problem which could be catastrophic. Chairperson...
President Jacob Zuma says the country’s provinces and municipalities must do much more to implement the National Development Plan (NDP). “We … are pleased with the speed of implementation of the NDP by provinces and municipalities but feel that...
Approximately 1 200 Breaking New Ground units have been handed over to beneficiaries of the Pelican Park integrated human settlements development in the Cape Town. It is expected that in excess of 700 subsidised houses will be handed over by...
There’s a collapse in water service to KwaMhlanga in Mpumalanga. Residents have been without clean potable water for over 2 months. The village falls under the Thembisile Hani District Municipality, which receives water from Rand Water, City...
In this paper, we reflect on the experiences and challenges of a waste management planner in Cape Town between 2005 and 2013 through the lenses of systems dynamics and of stakeholder complexity. Since the new Waste Act was promulgated in 2008, a...
The safety and macro-economic benefits of the South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) endorsed De Beers Expressway project were highlighted at a media site visit that the roads agency hosted on last week. This video takes a look at...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it has been forced to expropriate two erven – its last trump card – to overcome the drawn out stalemate to acquire land for its R286 million Njoli Square Re-development, a project aimed as an economic boost...
