Today’s budget speech to be tabled by the finance minister, Malusi Gigaba, is expected to touch on the drought affecting the country, with the focal point on three provinces, the Eastern Cape, Western Cape and the Northern Cape. The drought...
Keeping abreast of the day-to-day costs of a project provide contractors with a framework to ensure that projects are not only delivered on budget but also ring-fences contractors from liquidity issues and reputational risk. This is the view of...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has applauded and embraced President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inaugural State of the Nation (SONA) address after the newly elected president highlighted the importance of the sector for the...
Housing authorities and local governments should begin to actively engage with the country’s suppliers of raw building materials in preparation of meeting the country’s massive 2.5 million housing backlog. This is the view of the Aggregate and Sand...
Newly elected president Cyril Ramaphosa has turned his attention to State Owned Enterprises (SOEs) to ensure that they deliver on their mandate. In his inaugural State of the Nation Address (SONA) the president said that government would intervene...
Infrastructure investment is key to government’s efforts to grow the economy, create jobs, empower small businesses and provide services to its people. This was the view of newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa during his maiden State of The...
In a twist of irony, a desalination plant commissioned and built by the Kamiesberg Local Municipality in the Northern Cape to assist during the drought, is now standing idle because of the drought. The plant is meant to process harsh underground...
Many of South Africa’s wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) are overdesigned and face serious operational and maintenance flaws. Jacques Nieuwoudt, process engineer, AquaPlan Watertreatment Engineering, discusses how the capacity, efficiency and...
The Clanwilliam Dam Project in the Western Cape has stalled due to a lack of funding according to Premier Helen Zille. Zille said in a Daily Maverick article on Monday that Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told her that there was...
