Those who have recently visited the Sea Point promenade would have noticed that the City of Cape Town has started with a major project to ensure the future of this extremely popular public space. The City will spend approximately R16.9 million on...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The Emergency Humanitarian Relief...
A 14km stretch of pipeline from Inchanga Station to Ashley Drive in Kloof, which makes up the first two contracts of the approximately  R1.8-billion second phase of the Western Aqueduct, is currently being commissioned and tested and should be...
Energy experts in the Eastern Cape say government needs to invest more money in the construction of wind turbines to expedite the production of wind energy to mitigate the current energy crisis. They say the on-going load shedding in the country...
Latest research shows that 64% of wetlands worldwide have been lost since 1900, and that 76% of populations of freshwater plants and animals have disappeared in the last 40 years alone according to the WWF’s Living Planet report....
The Water Research Commission’s (WRC) flagship Water Sensitive Design (WSD) Lighthouse was launched recently along with the two framework reports that have contributed to the development of the Lighthouse. In 2013, the Water Research Commission...
South Africa has welcomed 34 Cuban water experts, who are in the country to share their skills to improve the quality of water. The arrival of the experts follows a bilateral agreement between South Africa and Cuba in 2014 on cooperation in the...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) inaugurated its 2015 President, Malcolm Pautz, at the SAICE Presidential Inauguration and Gala Dinner at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg last week. Pautz is the youngest ever president...
As part of its Mayoral Urban Regeneration Programme (MURP), the City of Cape Town is continuing its focus on previously under-invested centres in Cape Town to improve the lives of its more vulnerable residents. Khayelitsha is one of nine geographic...
Buildings that rock during an earthquake and return to plumb would withstand seismic shaking better than structural designs commonly used in vulnerable zones, a Case Western Reserve University researcher has found. Those buildings would also be...
