In order to save water, the City of Cape Town is reusing over 6% of the effluent that passes through its treatment works, for irrigation and industrial purposes. The amount of effluent the City has been able to reuse has exceeded expectations for...
Tristan Wiggill chats to Belinda Felix about the merits of in-house commercial vehicle insurance. While vehicle insurance is not legislated, any vehicle sold in South Africa must be insured as a condition of finance. It is a grudge purchase, which...
Disposable cylinders represent a significant risk to port workers and support a black market in counterfeit refrigerants, according to Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS). It says counterfeit refrigerant cylinders typically consist of a dangerously...
The South African Plastic Pipes Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) held their Annual General Meeting in Midrand recently, where they examined the successes of 2015 and planned for the year ahead. Speaking to the more than 40 captains of industry...
Researchers have used new water-tracing technology in the Sydney Basin for the first time to determine how groundwater moves in the different layers of rock below the surface. The study, conducted by the University of New South Wales (UNSW)...
fastjet, buoyed by a 56% rise in booked flights during the half-year period to the end of June, is trialing flights in Zimbabwe and expects to launch flights from Harare to Victoria Falls in the next month. The budget airline, which is focused on...
Trouble-free abnormal loads transport boils down to effective planning. Tristan Wiggill learns more from Andrew Nicholson. What are the risks associated with transporting abnormal loads by road? AN: A load can be classified abnormal based on its...
The current price war in the South African airline industry is bound to continue until someone caves in, but one cannot say how long that will take, Comair CEO Erik Venter told Fin24 on Tuesday. Comair operates under its low-fare airline brand,...
A suggested way to reduce fuel consumption in a fleet is to equip vehicles with low rolling resistance tyres. Speaking to Nobuzwe Mangcu of the South African Tyre Manufacturers Conference, Tristan Wiggill gets to grips with the everyday viability...
