By Charlotte Metcalf Early in September, Minister Des van Rooyen of the Inter-Ministerial Committee Task Team on Drought held a media briefing to provide an update on drought conditions across the country and the interventions that Government has...
In an interview with IMIESA, Frikkie Oosthuizen, executive: Contractual Affairs & Support Services, South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC), reports on market conditions and the road ahead. What is the current state of the...
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,...
The Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) has in recent years been very successful in its recycling efforts, with 2014 in particular being a break-through year for the industry as the council reaped the rewards of its recycling initiatives. One of...
Two thirds of South Africa’s paper was successfully recycled in 2015, according to the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa’s (PRASA) latest results. PRASA was elated “that no less than two thirds (66%) of the nation’s potentially...
South Africa narrowly escaped junk status earlier this year, however economists maintain the view that the country is on the tip of an economic meltdown. Government however remains positive and ambitious concerning its nuclear power programme. SA...
The biennial IMESA/CESA Excellence Awards was held last night at the 80th IMESA Conference in East London. The awards give recognition to well-engineered civil engineering projects for infrastructure. Entrants for the awards must portray the art...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has its portfolio committee highly concerned after the Auditor General reported a 300% spike in the department’s irregular expenditure. Mlungisi Johnson, committee chairperson, said that laws existed to...
South Africa’s rivers and dams are running dry and farmers remain disgruntled at the sights of parched land, however that is not enough for Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane to declare the crisis as a national disaster. According to...
