The construction industry has received a sign of possible better times ahead, with the nominal estimated value of civil construction projects out to tender increasing by 42% in the second quarter of this year compared to the previous quarter. David...
South Africa’s transport industry is plagued with issues like congestion and access to safe and reliable public transport – however, entrepreneurs may hold the key to providing solutions geared towards smarter mobility. Ben Pullen, CEO of...
The City of Cape Town has cancelled the Request for Proposals (RFP) process for the highly anticipated Woodstock/Salt River inclusionary housing project. The Western Cape Property Development Forum (WCPDF) learnt of the cancellation via one of its...
As innovations arise, so do the replacements of older technologies. One such product is High Density Polyethylene piping, or HDPE as it is commonly referred to, which has infiltrated a number of industries such as mining and construction, by...
A quarter of the world’s populations across 17 countries are facing extremely high water stress, according to a report released Tuesday. Most of them are close to “day zero” conditions, where taps could run dry. The World Resources Institute’s...
The Department of Water and Sanitation met with the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) on the 1st of August to present the results of the Hammanskraal joint water sampling it conducted with the Commission and the City of Tshwane. The...
Rand Water said it had repaired a burst pipe on one of its major pipelines on Monday, and water supply should be restored in affected areas in Ekurhuleni and surrounds from the afternoon. Technicians spent the weekend working to fix the pipeline...
Despite a dry winter, Free State continues to store most volumes of water in its reservoirs compared to other provinces in the country. The latest weekly dam levels report by the Department of Water and Sanitation indicates that the province is...
The strike by City of Tshwane bus drivers and other municipal workers is expected to continue as an agreement between the City and South African Municipal Workers’ Union (Samwu) has still not been reached. On Wednesday afternoon, the City...
