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Building our country one stone at a time

The Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (ASPASA) is a voluntary producers association that helps to improve the quality of aggregates produced by its member companies for construction projects around the country. The role...
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DIY premixes provide employment

AfriSam has introduced a new range of branded premixed products that are expected not only to set the industry benchmark in terms of quality, but also to uplift communities around the country. Correctly formulated to industry best-practice...

Meeting the demands of the future

Inanda Road starts at Old Main Road in Hillcrest and continues to Molweni Road, which is located in the Inanda Dam basin. Traffic volume increase on Inanda Road is set to increase due to several projects in the area. First, there are plans in place...
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Long-term solution

Towards the end of 2011, residents of Ballito experienced near-constant water shortages. “The bulk water supplier to the area, Umgeni Water, then appointed Icon Construction to construct the 10.8 km 700 mm diameter pipeline from Hazelmere Water...

Real-time management

Logging of water pressure and flow is one of the most important aspects of any water demand management(WDM) programme and one that is generally neglected if not ignored completely in most parts of South Africa.  In recent years, with the advent of...
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Civil service challenges are not isolated

Opinion article by Frank Stevens, president of the Institute for Municipal Engineering of Southern Africa (IMESA) In 2003, the United Nations General Assembly selected 23 June as the international day of commemorating the value of public service to...
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Canaries to Crows

Are we missing something? Where I live we used to have many Indian Mynah birds. These birds seemed to be territorial and they protected their areas. They also seemed to breed at an incredible rate and there were always lots of them. From what I...