The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has applauded and embraced President Cyril Ramaphosa’s inaugural State of the Nation (SONA) address after the newly elected president highlighted the importance of the sector for the...
Infrastructure investment is key to government’s efforts to grow the economy, create jobs, empower small businesses and provide services to its people. This was the view of newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa during his maiden State of The...
In a twist of irony, a desalination plant commissioned and built by the Kamiesberg Local Municipality in the Northern Cape to assist during the drought, is now standing idle because of the drought. The plant is meant to process harsh underground...
Many of South Africa’s wastewater treatment works (WWTWs) are overdesigned and face serious operational and maintenance flaws. Jacques Nieuwoudt, process engineer, AquaPlan Watertreatment Engineering, discusses how the capacity, efficiency and...
The Clanwilliam Dam Project in the Western Cape has stalled due to a lack of funding according to Premier Helen Zille. Zille said in a Daily Maverick article on Monday that Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane told her that there was...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency has set the wheels in motion for the redesign of Jan Smuts avenue in Rosebank to dual carriage. According to City of Johannesburg Transport MMC, Nonhlanhla Makhuba the proposed upgrade is vital because it will assist...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) has given its final seal of approval for the construction of a new realigned runway at the Cape Town International Airport. The DEA concluded the appeals process and has now ruled that the R3.8 billion...
Herman Mashaba, Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, is taking on the issue of solid waste in his City with the goal of making Johannesburg one of the cleanest cities not only in Africa, but in the world. Under the leadership of Mashaba,...
The deadline for entries into the Eco-Logic Awards has been extended due to popular demand allowing even more of South Africa’s eco-champions to enter their ecological products, services, projects, and ambassadors. The deadline has been moved...
