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Afrisam expands its business interests

AfriSam has acquired an equity stake in specialist concrete solutions company Concrete Laser Flooring (CLF), with an option to increase its shareholding over the next two years. The acquisition will extend AfriSam’s product and service offering...

Minister wants more women in water management

Gender equality and youth development in the Water Sector are critical components of our society and central in advancing equality and equity. This is according to the Minister of Water and Sanitation, Nomvula Mokonyane. Speaking at the inaugural...

Speeding up house construction times

Delegates at this year’s Readymix Conference by Sarma were able to witness first-hand how tilt-up construction can be used to speed up the delivery of houses or infrastructure such as hospitals or police stations. Tilt-up construction is an...

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...