A leading, international consultancy, engineering and project management service provider is helping learners around the country with maths, science and engineering. The 2014 Royal HaskoningDHV grade 11 and 12 Saturday school classes in Gauteng,...
Deputy Director General at the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Trevor Balzer has blamed a lack of engineers, technicians and artisans in municipalities for their inability to deal with the breakdown of infrastructure. “One of the...
There have been calls for the constitution to be amended to allow national government to take more control of managing South Africa’s water supply and distribution. The country has recently been plagued by a series of water shortages and protests...
Several suburbs in Harare, Zimbabwe have had erratic water supply for some time. Some areas have been without water for up to a week. The worst affected areas include Warren Park, Chadcombe, Hatfield, Mabvuku and Budiriro. Residents in Mabvuku told...
The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has pledged Sh1.6 billion (R208.7 million) towards solving the water shortage in Kenya’s Mombasa region. JICA is currently carrying out a viability study for a water desalination plant in Mombasa....
Sasol will help clean up the toxic spill that affected one of the rivers flowing through the Kruger National Park. A tailings dam owned by Bosveld Phosphates overflowed at the end of last year following heavy rain, contaminating a 15km stretch of...
A third pipe has been installed to increase the flow of water to the recently troubled Madibeng area. The 600mm diameter pipe will increase the water flow up to 750m³ pumped per hour. “Upon switch on [last Thursday], the needs of more communities...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Water Affairs, the Department of Public Works, and Rand Water will work together to repair leaks in a bid to curb water wastage. The leak repair project was launched by the Ekurhuleni...
The US $1 Billion multipurpose port terminal of Nacala in Mozambique’s Nampula province is due to start operating this year. Apart from having a storage capacity of 14.5 million tons of coal, it will also have a freight car dumper and a pontoon...
