Those who visited Jeffrey’s Bay this past festive season were met with a town in a state of disrepair as issues with water supply, power and sewage made headlines. According to JBay News the town suffered a power failure which lasted three days,...
Green walls offer greater potential for absorbing noise. This is according to an agricultural engineer from the University of the Basque Country. Zaloa Azkorra, who is conducting research at the University’s School of Mining and Public Works...
Onshore construction of the largest planned tidal energy project in the world is expected to begin off the coast of Scotland this month, according to developers. The project, which is based on the coast of Caithness, is expected to power nearly 175...
The African Water Facility (AWF) has offered a €3.4 million grant to the Government of Mozambique to conduct a feasibility study for the development of a climate adaptation project in the lower Limpopo region. This project will include building...
Most cities in Nigeria today lack toilets for its citizens. This is according to Dominic Abonyi, the assistant registrar, Environmental Health Registration Council of Nigeria (EHORECON). Speaking to Nigerian newspaper Leadership Weekend Abonyi...
Improvements to water and energy infrastructure must continue in the New Year, President Jacob Zuma said in his new year’s statement. “[In 2014], we celebrated the milestone of 11 million connections to electricity since 1994,” he said,...
The Government of Ethiopia recently launched a National Quality Infrastructure (NQI) Forum and NQI Standard Committee. The committee, which aims to transform Ethiopia’s economy through quality and standard products, is important in the...
Windhoek could be facing water shortages as a result of very little rain and a severe drop in water levels in the three dams that supply the city. This is according to the latest NamWater dam bulletin. The New Era Newspaper reported that the delay...
Officials in India will be heading out with mobile phones, tablets and iPads this month to report on whether toilets are being used in rural India, with results uploaded onto a website in real time. This nationwide online programme was launched...
