The ability of local government and municipalities to successfully maintain financial sustainability has become paramount in South Africa and across the African continent to achieve efficient and timely service delivery. As service delivery...
The 312 000-panel Kalkbult Solar PV plant in Kimberley has become the first independent renewable producer to be built, completed and get connected to the grid in South Africa. When the project officially starts putting power into the grid, South...
South African municipalities have improved their financial reporting. This is the view of the chief executive of South Africa’s Local Government Association (SALGA). Local government bodies are required to submit regular Section 71 reports to the...
South Africa advanced its electricity infrastructure expansion programme last week with the re-opening of the 1 200 MW Grootvlei power station in Mpumalanga. Built in the 1960s, the plant was mothballed in 1990 due to excess power in the country at...
Two of South Africa’s largest lakes – Sibaya and St Lucia – are being drained by a combination of drought and the growing water demands of the timber industry and local people. This is the warning from scientists attending the recent national...
Eskom reports it is making 200 megawatts of power available to the Botswana Power Corporation (BPC) on a day-ahead basis, meaning the hourly prices of the power on any day are set the previous day. Under the day-ahead system, market members, such...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in the Western Cape Region is calling on residents and people engaged in assortment of activities near dams and rivers to be cautious as dams, canals and reservoirs in the province are at full capacity due to...
The annual Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Conference and Exhibition is a high-level event, providing consulting engineers and associated industries a unique networking and learning experience that supports its members’ business,...
The Water Research Commission (WRC), in partnership with the Departments of Water Affairs (DWA) and Science and Technology (DST), will host the Water Research and Development Symposium at the CSIR International Convention Centre from 25 to 27...
