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Infrastructure News Round-Up | 28 January 2022

Infrastructure News Round-Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and sanitation, and waste management, in just 90 seconds. In the headlines today: DWS concerned about possible liquid gas chlorine shortages Toxic chemicals being dumped in the ocean The construction industry plays a key role in economic...
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Aug 19, 2019 | Multimedia

Disaster fund needed to clean up uMsunduzi river spill

Fish are dying in the polluted uMsunduzi River in KwaXimba. A spillage of vegetable oil and caustic acid from a Willowton Oil factory in Pietermaritzburg has created what has been dubbed as one of the worst  environmental and health disaster in the...
Aug 14, 2019 | Multimedia

Public Works minister is cleaning house

Over a hundred senior and middle managers in the Public Works Department could lose their jobs. Minister Patricia de Lille has approached the Labour Court to have the appointments of 12 senior managers declared invalid, and more could follow....
Aug 8, 2019 | Multimedia

Tons of toxic mercury waste remains uncleared in KZN

Three thousand tons of highly contaminated toxic mercury waste remains uncleared in Cato Ridge, KwaZulu-Natal.The deadly chemical was imported and dumped by British based giant Thor Chemicals after it shut down operations in that country in the...
Aug 5, 2019 | Multimedia

Cape Town dam levels approaching 80% mark

The water level of the dam supplying the City of Cape Town is fast approaching the 80% mark. Two state-owned dams are already at 100%. Cape Town experienced good rainfalls this winter, after three years of extreme drought. For months the Mother...
Aug 1, 2019 | Multimedia

Mpumalanga man turns plastic into fuel

The world has a plastic problem. Tons of plastic products end up in landfills and the ocean causing devastating effects on the environment. But 27-year-old Sibusiso Shabangu turns plastic into fuel, to mitigate the soaring fuel price. Source: SABC...
Jul 31, 2019 | Multimedia

Municipal workers strike in Pretoria taking its toll

Businesses in the city centre remain closed as the workers continue to stage protests. They’re demanding an 18 percent salary hike. Motorists are having to deal with road blockades and the city’s bus service has also been...
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