South Africa’s construction sector urgently needs support and an enabling regulatory environment to help it survive the COVID-19 lockdown crisis, on top of the challenges it was already facing. This is according to industry stakeholders who were...
Durban International Convention Centre (ICC) prides itself on being a leading venue for meetings, business events, conferences and exhibitions on the African continent. Durban ICC has received overwhelming feedback from clients, who have voted it...
While statistics on the COVID-19 situation in South Africa paints an optimistic picture with over 80,000 citizens being tested to date, experts assert that the spread of the virus is inevitable. Government and municipalities, together with many...
After being on the City of Johannesburg’s agenda for 15 years, the state-of-the-art, 50 000 m² Johannesburg International Transport Interchange is nearing completion. With CCTV cameras throughout the facility, good lighting and wide corridors, the...
Dissolved air flotation is one of the most robust, versatile and widely used unit operations in the treatment of water worldwide. Johan Bieseman, managing director, AquaPlan, speaks to Water&Sanitation Africa about the benefits of this...
The by-product of wastewater treatment – sludge – is considered a problem for most utilities. However, partnership opportunities can be developed that allow private companies to turn that sludge into valuable fertiliser, saving municipalities time...
South Africa’s premier supplier of STS prepayment smart water meters is rolling out its new AquaFlow and AquaData solution to the local and international markets. It offers pre- and post-paid functionality. Established in 2001, Inzalo Utility...
The South African industrial and manufacturing sector is grappling with one of the toughest economic eras. The situation is made even more difficult by the tension between a rampant unemployment figure of 29% (Stats SA) and a shortage of relevant...
South Africans breathed a collective sigh of relief last week when Finance Minister Tito Mboweni announced that the tax threshold of income earners has been lowered and when nothing came of the dreaded VAT increase during the 2020 Budget Speech....
