Msunduzi Municipality’s proposed multimillion-rand expansion of Pietermaritzburg Airport is to get under way this year. Vacant land around the airport is set to form part of the long-term developments. The airport itself will see an upgrade to the...
All cities in South Africa will face an electricity tariff increase of at least 16% in July if Eskom is granted a R22.8 billion adjustment for the 2013/2014 financial year, according to Leslie Rencontre, director of electricity at the City of Cape...
Taking top honours at last month’s Best Projects Awards, Aveng Grinaker-LTA is in remarkably good shape just two years into its challenging restructuring. In this Industry Insight, Chris Botha sheds light on the strategy behind its response to...
Machines for manufacturing high-quality prefabricated concrete products for sewage and wastewater systems are now available from a leading local manufacturer. Pan Mixers South Africa (PMSA) has a well-established affiliation with BFS GmbH which...
More water restrictions are on the cards for KwaZulu-Natal, after the uMgungundlovu District Municipality said there was a “compelling need” to have them in place. A committee to evaluate water restrictions has been set up. The...
Eskom has told Lesotho and Swaziland to lower electricity consumption to avoid load shedding in South Africa. The power utility is attempting to help its regional neighbours offset crippling power shortages. Eskom has come to the rescue of Zimbabwe...
What happens after you flush the toilet is becoming a big deal. In a new article, published in the science journal Nature, researchers propose a paradigm-shifting change in the treatment of wastewater, a shift they say could have a dramatic global...
What happens after you flush the toilet is becoming a big deal. In a new article, published in the science journal Nature, researchers propose a paradigm-shifting change in the treatment of wastewater, a shift they say could have a dramatic global...
The devastating dry spell which has gripped much of Southern Africa in the wake of the El Nino weather phenomenon is fast raising the possibility of a serious water crisis in the entire drought-prone Matabeleland region in Zimbabwe. According to...
