The UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) in collaborations with Kenya, Ethiopia and Somali governments have launched a joint groundwater initiative that aims at alleviating the impact of drought in the Horn of Africa. The...
Mombasa City, the gem of Africa’s Coastline and the dream travel destination of many tourists worldwide, is not just facing the threat of ‘drowning’ over rising sea level. The ground on which this Coastal city is sitting on is also swaying under...
When Emerson students learned one billion people in the world don’t have access to clean water, they raised funds to improve a crude well for a South Africa school. Watching a video of kids at a South Africa school pulling a basketball out of...
In its commentary on the Department of Water Affairs’ approved water tariffs for the 2012/2013 financial year, Agri SA said the newly released water tariff dispensation contained various positive aspects, amongst others the fact that it has...
Consulting engineering, project management and implementation firms Hatch and GOBA, are pleased to announce their intention to merge the two businesses in South Africa. The proposed new entity will form part of the global Hatch group and will be a...
Eskom might face difficulties in raising funds for its coal-fired projects in future if environmental organisations kept challenging decisions to fund coal plants, Econometrix’s chief economist, Azar Jammine, said yesterday. Jammine was reacting to...
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) may have to buy back bonds, the Auditor-General is warning of disclaimers and qualified audits, there are questions around whether Sanral would remain an going concern and the potential for increased...
The cost of phase one of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) alone has escalated significantly, to almost R90 billion. Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng transport spokesperson Neil Campbell says the entire GFIP project, and not just phase...
It is five o’clock in the evening and the computer dials at the nerve-centre of state electricity firm Eskom are cranking towards the red as millions of people get home and turn on their heating, hot water and cookers. In the next two hours, demand...
