Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In this weeks installment: Latest figures show growth in plastics recycling industry...
The International Aluminium Institute (IAI) has released global aluminium recycling data. According to figures from the IAI, recycling just one aluminium can conserves enough energy to recharge up to 20 mobile phones, while global aluminium...
Almost 60% of households in Gauteng spent more than the policy maximum target of 10% of their income on public transport in 2019/20, up from 55% in 2014. This is according to the Gauteng Household Travel Survey (GHTS) released recently. The 2019/20...
Small, medium and micro enterprises (SMMEs) are the lifeblood of South Africa’s economy. They make up 98% of businesses and employ between 50 and 60% of the country’s workforce according to a post-covid report by McKinsey & Company...
The Committee of Roads and Transport in the Gauteng Provincial Legislature hosted and heard presentations from the different Gauteng municipalities centered around the establishment of the Transport Authority Gauteng (TAG). The Committee welcomed...
The Department of Water and Sanitation wishes to strongly reaffirm its commitment to continue to work doggedly with stakeholders to speed up the longstanding sewer pollution of the Vaal River. Recently, the Department finalised the scope of all...
According to WWF, 10 million tonnes of food ends up as waste in South Africa, which is about a third of the 31 million tonnes produced annually in the country. Of this wasted food, about 90% is disposed of to landfills, where it leads to the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation calls on Gauteng residents to continue saving water despite some small dams in the province being in a stable state, according to this week’s state of reservoirs report issued published by the Department. The...
While the COVID-19 pandemic has caused damage to the South African economy, Government’s newly unveiled Economic Reconstruction and Recovery Plan, is expected to rebuild the economy and create much needed jobs. President Cyril Ramaphosa...
