There’s a collapse in water service to KwaMhlanga in Mpumalanga. Residents have been without clean potable water for over 2 months. The village falls under the Thembisile Hani District Municipality, which receives water from Rand Water, City...
In January last year, the Magalies Water Capacity Building Programme was launched. Seven students across several different disciplines were offered internships for 2014. The positive developmental results and personal feedback from the interns...
The City of Cape Town has urged residents not to dump foreign objects into stormwater drains. This report after a lawnmower was discovered by a maintenance team in a manhole in Goodwood. The lawnmower was discovered when a maintenance team from...
A readily available joint bandage system offers the solution to waterproofing expansion and construction joints, including critical joint areas with high or frequent movement. Ivor Boddington, a.b.e. Construction Chemicals’ concrete repair and...
The scheduled Majuba tie-in and maintenance outage is off to a smooth start and proceeding according to plan. The bulk water pipeline which supplies Kriel in Emalahleni local municipality started on 23 February and is expected to be completed by 9...
South African engineers are unhappy that government has gone outside the country in search of skills to solve South Africa’s water problems. This comes after government welcomed 34 Cuban water experts to the country last week. The arrival of...
A deadly black mamba is coming between a thirsty Zimbabwean city and its water by attacking technicians trying to finish work on a new water reservoir, it was reported on Friday. The snake “is chasing away” engineers and electricians...
Many coastal towns in the Cape Province feel the pressure with water demands exceeding supply, especially during peak holiday seasons. An example is Lamberts Bay, a town about 280 kilometres from Cape Town – along the Cape West Coast, in...
The communities of Kriel in Emalahleni Local Municipality will be without water as the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) is conducting maintenance work on its pipeline between Rietspruit reservoirs and Davel. The maintenance work forms part...
