The KwaDukuza Municipality’s Waste Department has launched a waste minimisation project aimed at improving recycling efforts in and around the city.  The project, which is currently in the pilot phase, involves installing separate waste bins...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is calling on Transnet to fast-track the relocation of the Port of PE Manganese terminal to the Port of Ngqura in an effort to protect the interests of citizens and the city’s critical economic growth sectors....
The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA) has confirmed that global engineering and infrastructure advisory company Aurecon was the first company to have 50 Green Star-rated buildings certified in South Africa. Executive Director for...
Atlas Copco recently announced its decision to divest its concrete and compaction business to Husqvarna Group’s Construction division. The decision comes after the solutions provider decided to intensify its focus on its core technologies through...
The eThekwini Municipality says its kerbside recycling programme has been put on hold until the end of January when it expects collection services to resume. The City was forced to halt its kerbside collection services after MPact, the City’s...
Johannesburg Water has confirmed that an earthy compound called geosmin has been detected in the drinking water supplied to residents of the City of Johannesburg however the substance is not harmful to human health. In a statement released on...
Traffic flow in the Mount Edgecombe area has improved significantly since the upgraded 4-lane Flanders Drive M41 Bridge was recently opened. The new bridge and interchange, which links Mount Edgecombe to the Cornubia Business Hub, has effectively...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (OUTA) says it believes the City of Cape Town’s proposed drought levy is the result of failed cooperative governance and a lack of the City’s ability to hold national authorities to account. The City of Cape Town...
The City of Cape Town last week started drilling to abstract groundwater from the Cape Flats aquifer as part of its ongoing efforts to mitigate the drought. Speaking at a site visit in Mitchells Plain last week, Executive Mayor Patricia de Lille...
