The City of Cape Town’s will soon embark on a major project in Bothasig to turn Plattekloof Road into a dual carriageway and refurbish the existing road infrastructure. The project will cost approximately R100 million and entails the construction...
The results of the South African Waste Sector Survey (for 2012) show that the formal waste sector employs a minimum of 29 833 people. The majority of these employees are situated within large enterprises (77.5% of private waste sector employees)...
eThekwini Municipality’s Water and Sanitation Department says they’ve installed in excess of 50 000 restrictors and will put in more to stabilise the system. It wants to avoid a situation where the city’s 263 reservoirs run dry,...
The Sebenza substation project in Johannesburg is approximately 40% complete since work began at the end of 2014 following the awarding of the contract by City Power. The project was awarded to CONCO and entails the construction of a new 1000 MVA,...
A South African product developer and producer of non-toxic, fully biodegradable and sustainable probiotic based chemical alternatives have been recognised by the annual Eco-Logic Awards for its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions....
A housing conference, currently taking place, is looking at slum upgrading and prevention, taking lessons from various projects and programmes, including the UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. Speaking at the two-day Habitat III...
The Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) Bi-annual Economic and Capacity Survey for the period July to December 2015, just released indicates that times are tough and getting tougher with industry confidence the lowest in 16 years. The report...
Approximately 37% of South Africa’s potable water is lost every year. With the severe drought caused by the El Nino weather phenomenon, government cannot afford to tolerate such losses and is in search of innovative solutions to help bridge this...
Cross-industry sustainability solutions specialist ImproChem appointed new managing director Graham Sanders on 1 March 2016. Sanders jumps straight into WASA’s Hot Seat to discuss the company’s capabilities and commitment to its customers....
