The Gauteng Provincial Government has announced its key priorities to fast track the province’s path to prosperity as the country forges ahead to realise Vision 2030 of the National Development Plan (NDP). The key focus for the next five years will...
Investment in transport (road, bridges and railway) construction in Africa is set for rapid growth from $47.1bn in 2019 to $69bn in 2020. This is based on projects being tracked by GlobalData, a leading data and analytics company. GlobalData’s...
The rapid rate of urbanisation, combined with steady population growth, is placing pressure on existing wastewater treatment plants, pushing up processing and maintenance costs. IMIESA speaks to SiyabulelaFanie, CEO at OPECS, about a revolutionary...
SAICE welcomes President Ramaphosa’s announcement that the state has set aside R100 billion to start an infrastructure fund. The fund will be administered by the state-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa. Speaking at the SONA last month,...
DigiYard, conceptualised for an internal Arup ideas competition, will be a digital platform that looks to facilitate the flow of usable construction waste and surplus building material from construction sites to informal settlement upgrading...
The City of Johannesburg’s tariff hikes kicked in from 1 July. The announcement was made during the 2019/2020 financial year budget presentation in May. Water tariffs increase by 9.9%, while electricity tariffs have increased by 13.07%....
Scientists say from University of Cape Town say that although Cape Town may have dodged Day Zero, water scarcity will become the ‘new normal’ and there is no way Capetonians can go back to using water as they did in the past. Johan Enqvist and Gina...
Even though 88% of South African households have access to water, the country remains the 39th driest in the world. Furthermore, close to half of the Waste Water Works across the nation are not in a good state, with 80% of them at medium to high...
The University of the Western Cape has found that most fish caught by small-scale commercial fishermen are contaminated. It’s found fish containing ant-biotics, ARVs, disinfectants, painkillers and industrial chemicals. Source:...
