As South Africa fends off a water crisis and prepares to face a similar situation in the waste sector, it may have to deal with yet another, as a sand shortage rears its head around the world. Â As the second most extracted natural resource, after...
The Organisation Undoing Tax Abuse (Outa) is calling on government to make the appropriate funds available for the rehabilitation of the Vaal River in Emfuleni. According to the organisation, government still has not given the South African...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority has appointed a range of engineering experts to a panel for Phase two of the Lesotho highlands water project. The external panel of experts will provide technical reviews and expertise on the major works...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering has expressed its concern over the recent death of a six-year-old boy from Giyani who lost his life after falling into a trench that was left open allegedly by a company that was handling the R3...
The Buffalo City Metropolitan Municipality is currently piloting a smart metering project in an effort to improve the City’s billing process. According to the municipality the aim of the initiative is to manage electricity usage in a reliable, safe...
The eThekwini Municipality’s Constructor Development Programme is continuing to bear fruit following news that 24 more emerging contractors have successfully completed and graduated from the programme. The initiative, which is a partnership between...
Johannesburg MMC of Housing, Meshack van Wyk says work on the Riverside Housing Project near Diepsloot has stalled because the Gauteng Provincial Government reduced the City’s Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG). According to Van Wyk the...
In today’s world, water and wastewater treatment works need to be flexible and scalable. IMIESA speaks to NJ Bouwer, executive at NuWater, about the company’s range of modular solutions and its unique ‘water on wheels’ approach, which is specially...
A formal inquiry into the collapse of structure under construction at Imperial Logistics in Durban KwaZulu-Natal is set to kick off this week. The collapse, which took place on 28 March 2018, killed four workers and left four injured and prompted...