South African businesses that do not switch to the new hazardous chemical warning symbols may lose international trade opportunities due to noncompliance with global packaging regulations. The Responsible Packaging Management Association of South...
Discarded fishing nets on the coast of the Philippines have received a second chance to be useful thanks to the Interface Net-Works programme. The programme which involves collecting discarded nets along beaches and turning them into nylon carpet...
The National Human Settlements Youth Summit was held in Johannesburg this week to discuss government housing programmes aimed at empowering young people. The National Settlements Youth Brigade programme will see 100 houses being built by youth, who...
Gauteng MEC for Transport Ismail Vadi has announced that the pre-feasibility study on extending routes for the Gautrain services has been completed. The pre-feasibility study was undertaken in parallel to the 25-year Integrated Transport Master...
The Onderstepoort Student Housing development at the University of Pretoria was recently extended. The job entailed designing three new 4 storey residence blocks for undergraduate students, with a total of 96 units, identical to the first phase...
The World Bank has pledged US$1.2 billion to support infrastructure development and improve the competitiveness of the East African Community (EAC) states. The bank, through IFC and MIGA, will provide additional resources for regional...
The Bargaining Council for the Civil Engineering Industry (BCCEI) has set the end of February as the deadline for all employer organisations, representative trade unions and non-members to submit their wage proposals for the 2015 wage negotiation...
The power system is expected to remain very tight over the next few days, according to Eskom. The power utility’s decision to implement load shedding over the weekend was taken to restore water and diesel reserves for the week, to allow maintenance...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has unveiled a new high-powered locomotive it hopes will resuscitate the country’s ailing passenger rail industry. Speaking at the launch earlier this week, Prasa group CEO, Lucky Montana said the...
Local South African provider of water, sewage and industrial effluent treatment technology Prentec recently celebrated 40 years in the water sector. Over the past four decades, the company has provided solutions to treat affected water worldwide....
