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Egypt tightens deadline on new Suez Canal project

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi has tightened the deadline on the construction of the new Suez Canal project. The project, which will cost US$4 billion, involves digging a 72-kilometre canal alongside the original channel in order to...

Air blowers reduce energy costs by 30%

Low pressure compressed air is widely used for applications such as waste water aeration at treatment plants; dilute phase pneumatic conveying of dry powders and flue-gas desulphurisation of emission stacks. “The blower market for small volume...

East Road Bridge unsafe for road users

Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, confirmed the severe structural damage to the East Road Bridge, which cuts across the N12 freeway near Eldorado Park, and declared it is a serious risk to motorists. The East Road overhead bridge...

Germany commits R70 million to SA transport project

The German government has committed R70 million towards the second phase of the Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) programme. The programme which is being implemented by the Department of Environmental Affairs and the Federal Republic of Germany...

MEC to set aside R88.8m construction tender

Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development Nandi Mayathula-Khoza will take action to set aside an R88.8-million tender, which was awarded to a construction company through a flawed appointment process. The tender was awarded to a construction...

Load shedding to keep SA out of the dark

By Liesl Frankson Households around the country were left in the dark on Sunday when Eskom implemented load shedding to protect South Africa’s power grid from a complete blackout. This followed the collapse of Silo 20 at the Majuba Powers Station...

Unlocking economic growth

BRICS countries should continue to use innovation as a key driver for economic growth – this is the view of Minister in the Presidency, Jeff Radebe. “Innovation is a powerful engine for development and for addressing social and global challenges,”...