Having gained a unique perspective of the local water environment through serving as chief director of the Department of Water Affairs, Dr Harrison Pienaar joined the CSIR last year as competence area manager of the Ecosystems Services research...
South Africa is a water-stressed country. Being semi-arid with limited annual rainfall supply and a lack of perennial streams, the future implications of population growth combined with the uncertainty of climate change are likely to have...
Although the construction industry has largely remained static for the past two years, growth in office, retail and other non residential construction has been negative, the residential housing market is expected to increase by just two percent...
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) Education Programme for 2013 has been published. Petrus Jooste, education and training manager at the C&CI says concrete training plays a vital role at a time when the shortage of skills is...
