Lafarge recently welcomed Praveen Bechoo as its general manager for aggregates. Praveen, whose appointment commenced 01 October 2014 is based at the Lafarge head office in Longmeadow, Johannesburg and is a member of the Country Executive Committee....
The upgrading and augmentation of the Johannesburg Water’s Olifantsvlei Wastewater Treatment Works Module-3 in the southern part of the City of Johannesburg is finally nearing completion according to the City. The augmentation from the current...
Residents of Mashonamini near Mkhuhlu in the Bushbuckridge Municipality in northern Mpumalanga are threatening to embark on a strike soon. The residents say that they have been without water for the past twenty years, despite the completion of the...
Construction workers around the world protested the merger of two multinational cement companies, Lafarge and Holcim, over workers’ rights last week. According to a report by the Daily Independent construction workers under aegis of...
Wheat farmers in Rwanda will soon benefit from both wheat output and its residues which will be transformed into building materials like construction bricks and other products once a new factory at the Special Economic Zone begins operations....
While South Africa grapples with electricity challenges, the City of Johannesburg believes it has a solution that can help to keep the lights on. Pikitup, the City’s waste management company, says the five landfills it manages will by 2016 generate...
The roads infrastructure connecting Africa’s largest inland port – the City Deep Freight Hub – will undergo a major overhaul according to the City of Johannesburg. The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Transport, Christine Walters says the...
An initiative to create a quality urban public space for the bourgeoning community of Dunoon, in Cape Town, is progressing well. The City’s contractors are redeveloping a formal sports field and creating an inclusive recreational space. According...
End-of-life tyres are increasingly presenting waste management challenges owing to the large volumes disposed of annually. These waste tyres possess unique properties that can once again reused in a sustainable materials stream to supplement the...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has managed to employ the majority of the students who received comprehensive bursaries from the local government institution on a full time basis, since a strategy to counter the loss of engineering skills was...
