The Namibian Airports Company (NAC) says the rehabilitation and upgrading of the Walvis Bay Airport is progressing well. Courage Silombela, acting strategic executive: projects, IT & engineering services said the NAC is busy upgrading the...
The Presidency has announced targets and funding for municipalities which would benefit from the electrification programme announced by President Jacob Zuma during the State of the Nation Address (SONA), last week. During the SONA, President Zuma...
Geoff Linke has been appointed as the Managing Director for Aurecon’s Infrastructure Market, which includes Transport and Water, effective 2 February 2015. Geoff commented, “I am very excited to be undertaking to be undertaking this role, leading...
Those who have recently visited the Sea Point promenade would have noticed that the City of Cape Town has started with a major project to ensure the future of this extremely popular public space. The City will spend approximately R16.9 million on...
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has awarded US $1 million emergency relief assistance to Somalia where over one million people affected by drought and famine are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. The Emergency Humanitarian Relief...
A 14km stretch of pipeline from Inchanga Station to Ashley Drive in Kloof, which makes up the first two contracts of the approximately  R1.8-billion second phase of the Western Aqueduct, is currently being commissioned and tested and should be...
Energy experts in the Eastern Cape say government needs to invest more money in the construction of wind turbines to expedite the production of wind energy to mitigate the current energy crisis. They say the on-going load shedding in the country...
Latest research shows that 64% of wetlands worldwide have been lost since 1900, and that 76% of populations of freshwater plants and animals have disappeared in the last 40 years alone according to the WWF’s Living Planet report....
The Water Research Commission’s (WRC) flagship Water Sensitive Design (WSD) Lighthouse was launched recently along with the two framework reports that have contributed to the development of the Lighthouse. In 2013, the Water Research Commission...
