The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has re-established its call centre in a bid to boost service delivery. According to DWS spokesperson Sputnik Ratau, the call centre will be a point of access to all information about the programmes and...
Opinion piece by Bruce Raw, GreenCape Energy Programme Manager The true impact of cancellations, delays and uncertainty around the IPP and renewable energy programmes go much further than the energy sector. It puts at risk thousands of current and...
The 2016 annual Master Builders Congress will be taking place from 31 August to 2 September at the Durban International Convention Centre. Now in its 111th year, the annual congress has become the premium gathering for building contractors,...
Rainfall over the past two weeks in KwaZulu-Natal has helped to slightly raise some dam levels in major dams across the provincial system. The Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI) for the 12 and 24 month period from July 2013 to June 2016...
The Labour Court has granted Eskom an interdict against the strike action by members of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). This comes after NUM members downed tools at Eskom on Monday in response to a deadlock in wage negotiations. The...
Local student Kiara Nirghin has developed a low-cost, biodegradable, superabsorbent polymer which could prove useful in fighting South Africa’s drought. Sixteen-year-old Nirghin who attends St Martin’s High School in Johannesburg recently won...
Whether you are a concrete technologist, a readymix plant owner or high flying construction executive, you can be part of the change that is shaping a new and improved concrete industry at this year’s instalment of the Readymix Conference by Sarma....
The recent winter rainfall in the Western Cape region has led to significant inflows into dams, increasing the average dam levels to over 50%. The Western Cape Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) noted that the rainfall thus far had not lead...
Eskom workers have downed tools at three power stations amid a wage negotiation deadlock between the utility and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM). According to NUM, the 7% to 9% wage increase offered by Eskom is “an insult to the...
