With Africa registering the lowest electricity generation in the world and hydropower severely underexplored, calls are mounting for leaders of government and industry alike to step up efforts. This emerged on the third day of the 2014 World Water...
Geosynthetics have grown in the civil industry in the past twenty years becoming key materials in the design of new roads and in maintenance programme. Geosynthetics are now widely used for strengthening of in situ soil, mechanical improvement of...
A Pretoria brick manufacturer has boosted production and reduced operating costs thanks to the recent purchase of a Pilot Modular horizontal impact crusher from local crushing and screening specialist Pilot Crushtec International. The Pilot Modular...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa has launched Public Service Month with the aim of improving the way public servants work to deliver quality services to citizens. Ramaphosa argues that effective public administration is not a privilege in a...
The 19th annual national conference of the International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIAsa) brought into sharp focus the state of the country’s water supply reserves, its treatment and the way it manages wastewater. The conference was...
Without improved management of rainwater, the future development goals currently being discussed are unrealistic, say leading scientists at World Water Week. Scientists and experts joining the 2014 World Water Week in Stockholm are deeply concerned...
Minister of Science and Technology Naledi Pandor has urged high school learners at Africa Engineering Week to consider taking maths and physical science to enable them to study engineering. Speaking at the event held at the University of...
This follows a Statistics SA report showing that the use of the bucket system had increased in the Eastern Cape, North West, and KwaZulu-Natal. However KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has expressed confidence following the resolution to...
The Pongolapoort Bulk Water Supply Project, launched by Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane together with Premier Senzo Mchunu of KwaZulu-Natal, will supply potable water to the rural communities in the Jozini Local Municipality. The...
