The Volvo Ocean Race is returning to Cape Town this summer and the organisers have taken the decision to use the platform to positively participate in the ocean health and plastic pollution conversation. In partnership with the United Nations...
Maintenance work on the Gariep Dam in the Free Sate is well underway according to the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS). The project, which includes the installation of a bulk water meter, started in July 2017 and is expected to be completed...
The Kleinkrantz Waste Water Treatment Works recently scooped top honours at the South African Institution of Civil Engineers (SAICE) Southern Cape Regional Awards, walking away with the award for the Most Outstanding Water Engineering Project. The...
Rail parastatal Transnet on Monday launched its research centre which it says will contribute to job creation and the expansion of the country’s knowledge economy. The Matlafatšo Centre is a hub dedicated to increasing the competitiveness, capacity...
Johannesburg’s infrastructure is on the brink of collapse according to City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba. Speaking at a media briefing on the state of Johannesburg’s infrastructure on Tuesday, the mayor said the city only has R10 billion to...
The Thokoza fire station has been refurbished and formally handed over to the community. The facility, which was handed over by Ekurhuleni’s Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) Vivienne Chauke, cost R50 million and will serve the community of...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) recently hosted a workshop to discuss and develop an integrated approach to deal with the monitoring and management of contaminated sediments. The workshop, which was entitled “The Sediment Conundrum”, was...
Two boys, aged 10 and 11, drowned in an open trench filled with underground water in Orange Farm on Wednesday after they climbed over construction site barricading. According to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) one of the boys climbed over to...
The South African plastics and packaging industry has raised R45 000 for a much needed seabird hospital at the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape Town. The funds were raised during the Propak Cape...
