Expanding its range of capabilities year-on-year, Entsika Consulting Services now offers the market a multidisciplinary and integrated range of services encompassing engineering and construction, plant infrastructure asset management, consulting,...
Construction has started on South Africa’s first plastic road. It’s being created in Jeffreys Bay in the Eastern Cape, and if it proves successful more might be on the cards. Source:...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers’ Association – with the support of Rare Plastics, Sun Ace, Sizabantu Piping Systems, NSF International and Pipeflo – hosted concluded the PIPES XII Conference. This year’s event took place...
The unveiling of the Durban Aerotropolis Master Plan will have positive spinoffs for KwaZulu-Natal, says Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Nomalungelo Gina. “Government perceives the 50-year Durban Aerotropolis Master Plan as not just a project...
Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) is pleased to announce the winners of its annual National Safety Awards competition at its Annual Congress at the Emperors Palace Convention Centre on 9 September 2019. “We congratulate the winners – their...
Deputy President David Mabuza has called on consumers to adopt a culture of paying their electricity bills, in order to lessen the burden of debt faced by municipalities. The Deputy President said this during the National Council of Provinces...
In a groundbreaking, market-leading initiative, Shisalanga Construction – a majority owned subsidiary of Raubex Group Limited – has paved a South African road using a locally recycled plastic compound as part of the asphalt formula ingredient. On...
Starting from 10 September, 200 tons of “plastic road” is due to be laid on a stretch of the N3 highway in KwaZulu-Natal. The recycled plastic is used as a binder ingredient in the asphalt and replaces a percentage of bitumen, while...
Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) could help to overcome poor transport infrastructure, as only one-third of Africans live within 2 kilometers of an all-weather road. Making sure that the remaining two-thirds have access to decent roads will...
