The Thokoza fire station has been refurbished and formally handed over to the community. The facility, which was handed over by Ekurhuleni’s Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) Vivienne Chauke, cost R50 million and will serve the community of...
Water infrastructure will take centre stage this month as South Africa hosts a summit to profile investment opportunities into the sector. Hosted by the Department of Water and Sanitation, in partnership with the Water Research Commission, the...
The Concrete Institute (TCI) has expressed concern about an increasing trend among professionals to chase certifications rather than seriously expand their knowledge of concrete. John Roxburgh, lecturer at the TCI School of Concrete Technology,...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) recently hosted a workshop to discuss and develop an integrated approach to deal with the monitoring and management of contaminated sediments. The workshop, which was entitled “The Sediment Conundrum”, was...
The City of Cape Town recently embarked on an initiative to refurbish boreholes around the West Coast in an effort to increase the volume of the Atlantis Aquifer. The project forms part of the Municipality’s Water Resilience Plan which aims to...
Toyota has bagged ten gold awards in the latest vehicle quality survey conducted in South Africa by Ipsos. The recently-announced results are derived from a detailed survey conducted in 2016 and involving more than 7 000 owners of vehicles from 17...
Government is committed to investing in infrastructure as a means of stimulating growth and creating jobs according to President Jacob Zuma. Speaking in the National Assembly on Thursday the president said this kind of spending is the equivalent of...
The eThekwini Municipality is gearing up to host a three-day World Town Planning Day Conference to create awareness around the importance of effective planning in communities. The Conference, which will be hosted under the theme: “Creating a caring...
Two boys, aged 10 and 11, drowned in an open trench filled with underground water in Orange Farm on Wednesday after they climbed over construction site barricading. According to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) one of the boys climbed over to...
