The large-scale events market is responding to the increasing concern about plastic pollution by taking steps to minimise the impact of their events on the environment. Helping them slash their use of single-use plastics are companies like...
Meeting the current and future water storage needs of South Africa’s rural and urban communities is a top priority, as is implementing future drought countermeasures. Delayne Gray, managing director at SBS Tanks®, discusses the company’s innovative...
Work on the City of Cape Town’s R1.5 billion project to upgrade the Zandvliet Wastewater Treatment Works is expected to start in the first half of 2019. This comes after council approved most of the upgrade work last year. The project, which has...
A joint operation by all spheres of government has helped to avert a major crisis, where part of the Middle Lake Dam in Benoni caved in last month. Mayor of the City of Ekurhuleni, Mzwandile Masina, put together a Joint Operations Committee (JOC)...
For Africa to be better equipped to fight climate change, cope with disasters and build its green energy sector it needs to empower its women and girls. This was the view of African delegates discussing the implementation of the Paris Agreement in...
From humble beginnings in 1993, SRK Consulting’s Pietermaritzburg office has grown to a world class operation that has served its region and beyond with a diverse range of projects. Rob McNeil, now a corporate consultant and principal geotechnical...
The pre-qualification for the construction of the main works on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) is expected to start in Jan 2019 according to the Lesotho Highlands Development Agency (LHDA). The agency is calling for...
The City of Cape Town adopted the use of trenchless technology as early as the mid-1990s. Speaking at the opening of the 2018 International No-Dig South Africa conference held in Cape Town earlier this year, Cape Town deputy mayor Ian Neilson...
The University of South Africa (Unisa), has partnered with mining company Exxaro Resources and the South African National Energy Development Institute (SANEDI) to officially launch its first institutional anaerobic biogas digester at the Earth...
