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...
The planned water outage and maintenance on the raw water bulk pipeline between Jericho pump station and Kriel power station in Mpumalanga was successfully completed by the Department of Water and Sanitation on Friday. The pipeline, which is over...
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...
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,”...
A global consulting engineering firm plans to extend its footprint in Africa through building on local skills and experience in a range of technical fields vital to the continent’s sustainable development. “Our expansion strategy is based on...
The Ngaka Modiri Molema District Municipality (NMMDM) is seeking a long-term solution to the water shortage affecting its communities. This is according to the municipality’s administrator, Kumaran Nair. Nair has stated that the municipality is...
London – South Africa would consider selling stakes in publicly traded companies, including those held indirectly through Industrial Development Corporation, to bolster the finances of power utility Eskom. The government said last week in its...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has completed the upgrading of a 5km stretch of road in Diepsloot which included surfacing and paving of the road as well as kerbing along the pavement alongside it. The JRA has also undertaken several roads...
The national drive to clean up South Africa’s struggling municipalities includes ramping up water utilities’ ability to collect revenue, accurate metering, managing the free basic water allowance effectively and reducing water losses. Utility...
This year, Trenchless Technologies celebrates its 20th anniversary in the directional drilling and pipe rehabilitation industry, which indicates a certain tenacious faith, Trenchless Technologies’ Sam Efrat tells Chantelle van Schalkwyk. “One needs...
