The City of Ekurhuleni is taking more serious measures to increase water savings as figures show an achieved savings rate of only 0.8%, significantly lower than the required 15%. The extremely low water savings achieved since the implementation of...
South Africa will have to wait for more months in order to relaunch its affordable energy programme with the construction of about six to eight reactors with a capacity of 9 600 MW. While the Department of Energy has thrown its weight behind the...
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has officially launched the 2016 October Transport Month Campaign under the theme ‘Together we move South Africa Forward’. The minister kicked off the programme on 1 October in Mmorogong village in the Moses Kotane...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) will undertake mass protest action this week with several demands for its workers. The one-day national protected strike will take place during this year’s International Decent Work Day on...
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has welcomed Skhumbuzo Macozoma as its new CEO, who succeeds Nazir Alli, the founding CEO of Sanral, as he retires this month after 18 years at the helm of the organisation. The Sanral Board believes...
“Water and sanitation problems have reached a boiling point globally,” President Jacob Zuma told a United Nations (UN) High Level Panel on Water (HLPW). Zuma was addressing 10 other sitting heads of state and government and one special adviser...
The International Water Association (IWA) has announced its Project Innovation Award Winners 2016 from Australia, China and South Africa. The International Water Association Project Innovation Awards are a prestigious global competition and the...
The Biomimicry Institute’s is conducting a pilot project for the ecological treatment of greywater in an informal settlement near Stellenbosch. More than 6000 people live in the settlement and water born diseases are rife. The ‘living gutter...
China is pumping billions of dollars into South Africa’s transport infrastructure. More than $2 billion will be channeled into a 125km long railway line that will cross three South African provinces. South Africa’s Railway Safety...
