The possibility of load shedding is larger than the Day Zero water crisis that engulfed Cape Town until last month. This is according to independent energy expert Ted Bloom. Bloom, who is a speaker and advisory board member at African Utility Week...
The Department of Water and Sanitation has reopened the Groothoek Dam, after three years of not being in operation. According to the department the dam, which supplies Thaba Nchu and the surrounding villages with water, was out of order as a result...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says its dam levels are fast approaching the 20% mark as their combined levels reached 24% last week. Sibongile Dimbaza, Mayor Spokesperson, says tighter water restrictions are on the cards if the situation...
The Laúca Hydropower Plant recently commissioned a third power generation group making it Angola’s largest hydropower plant. With a current installed power of over 1 000 MW and three generation groups, out of a total of six, in full operation Laúca...
The private sector arm of the World Bank Group on Tuesday said that it will assist African nations to embrace green buildings in order to combat climate change. Dennis Odenyi Quansah, Consultant for Excellence in Design for Greater Efficiencies...
In honour of World Wetlands Month the City of Tshwane recently hosted an event aimed at raising public awareness about the importance of wetlands. Mike Mkhari, MMC for Environment and Agriculture, attended the event encouraged attendees to take...
The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has entered the final leg of the spillway rehabilitation procurement process with the launch of the works tender. The tender has been released to a shortlist of pre-qualified companies, which include China Gezhouba...
Technical excellence and sustainable skills development are a lifelong focus and process for SMEC and its employees. IMIESA talks to Bongani Mthombeni-Möller, Strategic Business Development Executive at SMEC South Africa, about the company’s...
Water solutions providers are coming together to assist in providing quality water for the City of Cape Town through its emergency desalination plant at the V&A Waterfront. The City’s landmark desalination project, supported by SBS Tanks,...
