SAPICS 2014 is focussing on ‘resilient supply chains’ and according to one of the speakers at this year’s conference the answer lies in collaboration across the extended supply chain. Lloyd Snowden, an associate at Oliver Wight in his presentation...
Legislation is tightening up on road crews who excavate sand and stone for construction projects as authorities increasingly focus on the impact such excavations have on the environment, as well as the livelihoods of surrounding quarry operators....
Part two Based on a presentation to the annual IMESA conference “Municipal Engineering: Meeting People’s Needs”, held in Port Elizabeth, October 2013 By Kevin Wall, Oliver Ive, Jay Bhagwan, Wayne Birkholtz, Nocawe Lupuwana and Esther Shaylor....
Residents of the Skaaprus informal settlement may have to relocate in order for the Msukaligwa Municipality to supply them with water. According to Health-e, Skaaprus residents have been fighting for clean water for 25 years. The municipality built...
All tanneries in Zimbabwe will have to close until measures are put in place to drastically reduce the amount of pollutants being releasing into the drinking water system. The Zimbabwe government has ordered the closure of all tanneries and has...
COSATU will approach the provincial government and the minister of water affairs as part of a campaign on water and corruption. According to COSATU, it has resolved to take up this campaign following a debate on the challenges that workers and...
An expanded range of Evak sewage and drainage pumps, many of which are being made available to the South African market for the first time, is generating an immense amount of interest in the local market. In fact Corde Africa, which is importing...
The first class of five Rotary sponsored scholars has graduated with Master of Science degrees in water education from the UNESCO-IHE Institute for Water Education. The graduates now will apply their education to water and sanitation projects in...
An information exchange system that will allow East Africans to report non-tariff barriers (NTBs) via a short message service on their mobile phone has been developed in Uganda. Sam Watasa, lead adviser on Uganda’s national response strategy for...
