The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has committed to effectively implement the recently re-launched Blue and Green Drop Certification Programmes, which call for excellent drinking water and wastewater quality management in the country. The...
The R237 million contract to upgrade the R61 from Baziya to Mthatha Airport has been awarded – the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has announced. The National Route R61, Section 7 from Baziya to Mthatha Airport, phase...
South Africa’s first active electric bus has officially been launched in Cape Town. Golden Arrow Bus Services earlier this year started testing two fully electric buses to determine the viability of a carbon-neutral fleet. Sufficient testing...
Ahead of the 2021 Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction (ERWIC) Awards, the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) held a webinar on 6 July which unpacked the challenges facing women in the construction industry. Stakeholders...
Celebrating 50 years of ‘doing good while doing business’, the Bigen Group is renowned for providing cost-effective infrastructure and socio-economic development solutions across Africa. In celebration of Youth Month, IMIESA speaks to upcoming...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) plans to install a temporary cableway between the north and south sites of the Msikaba bridge project on the N2 Wild Coast road. The temporary cableway that will drastically reduce the...
The Ga-Mopedi Bulk Water Project, valued at R15million, has recently been completed in the Ga-Segonyana Local Municipality. A total of 1200 households or population of just over 7000 people are already benefiting from the project. Due to the...
The South African Local Government Association (SALGA) has expressed a ‘profound sense of disappointment’ at what it sees as deteriorating levels of accountability in the recent audit outcomes of local government for the period 2019/20....
The Department of Water and Sanitation in the Northern Cape in partnership with Magareng Local Municipality (LM) is implementing a more than R83 million water project in the Warrenton area. The project commenced in April 2020 and was scheduled to...
