The Department of Environmental Affairs’ Electric Vehicles Programme will be launched on 26 February, and is being hailed as a ground-breaking initiative for the local automobile market. Minister of the DEA, Edna Molewa, will officially launch the...
A $130 million loan will support the reform of the solid waste sector so that Moroccans gain equal access to collection and disposal services in urban areas, while simultaneously creating up to 70 000 jobs in waste recycling activities, according...
National Planning Minister Trevor Manual has called for public servants to be banned from contracting with government. According to Manuel, public servants that do benefit from state contracts should face the consequences. He made the statement...
The Deputy Minister of Water Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, chose the recent 16th World Wetlands Day to highlight the conservation initiatives on the community in Kareedouw in the KouKamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, relating...
Following recent media reports that there is no running tap water in the Ngobi Village in the North West Province, the Department of Water Affairs has come out in strong opposition in a recent statement. “The Department wishes to confirm that there...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has invited public comments on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for Aquaculture in South Africa. Aquaculture incorporates the breeding, trading or rearing of aquatic...
In line with Aurecon’s commitment to invest in emerging economies, the group, with an office network extending across 25 countries in Africa, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and the Americas, recently took a decision to open an official country...
Finding safe drinking water, such as running water, is critical to wilderness survival. Learn to dig a hole to get clean, pure water from an experienced outdoorsman in this free video about wilderness survival skills.
Ron Watermeyer (Infrastructure Options) Kevin Wall (CSIR) Graham Pirie (Consulting Engineers South Africa) Introduction The inability of many South African municipalities and provincial governments to spend all of their capital budgets each year...
Enlightened property developers, owners, and managers are taking seriously the looming steep rise in energy and maintenance costs by examining their existing installations such as lighting and HVAC, a major consumer of electrical power. One such...
