Water and Sanitisation Department probed for corruption
Around R16,5-billion in irregular expenditure by the Water and Sanitation Department is being probed. Source:...
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CRIDF on delivering climate resilient infrastructure
The UK-aid funded Climate Resilient Infrastructure Development Facility (CRIDF) is working to strengthen Africa’s water security. The facility looks for different approaches that can be used to achieve this through its various infrastructure...
CEO of Mercedes Benz SA discusses the expansion of the C-class
Alastair Currie, editor of IMIESA magazine, chats to Arno van der Merwe, CEO and executive director at Mercedes Benz South Africa at the 80th IMESA conference in East London. Van der Merwe discusses the automaker’s 67 years of manufacturing in East...
SAFCEC Vice President discusses challenges facing labour relations
SAFCEC Vice President and Chairperson of the Human Resources Committee, Werner Jerling, discusses SAFCEC’s role in creating a stable labour relations environment with Danielle Petterson, Senior Journalist: IMIESA. Jerling emphasises a mature and...
Helping communities through recycling
Founder of the All Women Recycling programme, Lynn Worsley, discusses how plastic bottles are upcycled using recycled plastic bottles which they buy from dumps. “I try to create a value chain where the entire community benefits,”...
The growing engineering gap
Allyson Lawless, Managing Director of SAICE Professional Development and Projects, presented her latest Numbers and needs in local government analysis at the recent IMESA Conference in East London. The report highlights the increasing gap in the...
Lesotho can supply SA with water for next three years, even without rain
Despite delays in Phase two of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane says that by 2025, the project will “definitely” be completed. The project comprises of three main facilities: The Katse...
Vlakfontein: SA’s most advanced landfill site
Waste management company Averda discusses its Vlakfontein landfill site located near Vereeniging in Gauteng. The site has an approximate lifespan of  30 years and is the first landfill to be built in the area in 20 years. Neville Chetty,...
SAFCEC president talks construction industry issues
Alastair Currie, editor of IMIESA magazine, chats to SAFCEC President Thembinkosi Nzimande about some of the key issues facing the South African construction industry. Nzimande says that there is currently a massive infrastructure constraint on the...
Experts talk global issues at World Water Congress
The International Water Association’s World Water Congress addressed the global water challenge which demands imaginative approaches and the adoption of new paradigms and technologies. With more than 5000 of the International Water...