A five year R15,5 billion contract to supply fuel to Transnet has been awarded to nine black and women owned companies. Following the announcement of this historic deal Simon Foulds speaks to Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba and Transnet...
Solar Power is the new age system that supplies clean and renewable energy. This type of power reduces the reliance on traditional power plants. In 2011, the International Energy Agency emphasised that solar energy will have long-term benefits....
A complete set of guidelines has been published by the Aggregate and Sand Producers Association of Southern Africa (ASPASA) to assist members to prepare for health and safety inspections and meet government requirements for safer quarries. Even the...
When viewing bills of material and project specifications on so-called green construction projects, it is clear to see that not enough attention is paid to the constituents of concrete. According to Nico Pienaar of the Aggregate and Sand Producers...
Filcon Filters, one of the leading liquid filtration companies in South Africa, has been authorised to sell Diefenbach filter presses. The company which has been in existence since 1907 underwent a major structural reorganisation in 2007 which has...
A report in the government-owned newspaper “Zambia Daily Mail” recently warned that the Kariba Dam, on the Zambezi River at the border between Zambia and Zimbabwe, is on the verge of collapsing, but the Mozambican authorities know nothing about...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have entered into a collaboration on sanitation innovation solutions for South Africa. A memorandum of understanding – “Partnership in the...
The South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) is disappointed by the Department of Water Affairs’s (DWA) response to its report on water and sanitation. The SAHRC recently released its Report on the Right to Access Sufficient Water and Decent...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is discussing opportunities for private sector financing in water and sanitation. To date, the AfDB has focussed its lending exclusively on public sector entities. However, AfDB head of water Mohamed El Azizi...
