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Construction Health and Safety

Working in the construction industry is often considered dangerous; each day the workers face the risk of injury or death. In South Africa at least two deaths occur every week on a construction site. The South African Council for the Project and...
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In search of solutions to SA’s energy crisis

South Africa’s Energy crisis will be under the spotlight once again as exhibitors prepare for the Solar Show Africa, which is happening in Johannesburg from 24 to 25 March 2015. In light of the energy mix needed in the country, Imeon Energy, French...

CT preserves the right to a home

The refurbishment of approximately 7000 Community Residential Units in Cape Town is on the verge of being completed. As an ode to Human Rights Day the City announced on Friday that approximately 93% of the units identified for upgrade have been...

Managing borehole abstraction rates

Borehole replenishment and yields remain positive at Western Cape schools recently provided with groundwater access to irrigate their fields and green areas. A programme of continuous monitoring of groundwater usage is proving to be a valuable data...

Addressing Africa’s infrastructure challenges

The NEPAD Agency in partnership with Australian Aid recently launched an Infrastructure Skills for Development Programme (IS4D) to build human capacity for the effective implementation of regional infrastructure projects. The programme targets 38...

S&P downgrades Eskom to junk

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded Eskom’s long-term credit rating to BB+ following the suspension of four of its senior officials, it said on Thursday. This had led the ratings agency to have less confidence in the...

Zuma welcomes Transnet’s new locomotives

Transnet’s first batch of electric locomotives has been completed. Speaking after a tour of Transnet’s manufacturing and engineering facility in Koedoespoort, Pretoria, President Jacob Zuma said the acquisition of the 95 locomotives forms part of...