Water supplies in Harare are set to improve after the installation of new pumps at Morton Jaffray Waterworks at the weekend. According to a report by The Herald, the new facility will increase production by 100 mega litres per day. About 450 mega...
The government of Kenya will invest Sh1.6 billion (approximately R200 million) Kenyan shillings in water and other projects to empower citizens in drought-prone and marginalised counties. In the Devolution ministry’s 2015 projections report,...
The City of Tshwane has laid out major plans to improve on its service delivery mandate for 2015. Tshwane Executive Mayor, Councillor Kgosientso Ramokgopa said in his message, on the city’s plans and vision for 2015 that it had performed very well...
The City of Johannesburg has saved R700 million thanks to the first phase of its Water Infrastructure Upgrade and Renewal Project. The project, which costs R1.7 billion, commenced in Soweto in 2004 with the objective to tackle massive physical...
In partnership with the Gauteng Department of Education (GDE), a gases and welding products group has invested more than R1 million in upgrading and resourcing the welding centres at five underprivileged technical high schools. The schools include...
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group approved a US$ 22.49 million loan to Zambia for the development of Lake Tanganyika. The project is part of the long-term vision for Zambia “Vision 2030” which intends to create “a...
A group of university of students and researchers spent their New Year’s testing and installing sanitation systems in India. A team of researchers led by Steven K. Dentel, professor of civil and environmental engineering at the University of...
The governments of Ghana and Togo signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the construction of a pipeline to deliver drinking water to 4 million people. The pipeline, which is supported by the African Water Facility (AWF), will bring water...
A low cost housing project of over R109 million at Vryburg is on the verge of collapsing. Reports say 1000 low cost houses which got completed recently are beginning to fall apart. The dining room wall of one of the residents has collapsed...
