ECSA CEO Sipho Madonsela talks to infrastructurene.ws’s own Frances Ringwood (editor of our print brand Water&Sanitation Africa) about ECSA’s mandate, delving into professional registration and transformation in the engineering...
Earlier this month the City of Cape Town unveiled its Water Resilience Plan to augment the system by up to 500 million litres of water a day over the coming months using groundwater extraction, desalination, and water reuse. The Water Resilience...
As a developing nation, South Africa’s engagement in the global economy is either advanced or constrained by the state of its infrastructural capabilities. The first ever Infrastructure Report Card (IRC) for South Africa, exploring the state of the...
The rapid growth and evolution of megacities in Africa requires radical, effective urban management. Lagos, Cairo and Kinshasa already have more than 10 million residents while Johannesburg, Nairobi, Dar es Salaam and Khartoum are all expected to...
The 2017 winners of the 14th annual SAICE Aqualibrium Schools Water Competition have been announced. The competition teaches learners to design, build, and operate a water-distribution system exactly as if they were qualified civil engineers...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) says it is considering blacklisting individuals, companies and organisations that continue not to honour their debts due to the department. This proposal was tabled before the Parliament’s Portfolio...
The City of Cape Town’s efforts to mitigate the impacts of the current drought in Cape Town will be boosted by R20.8 million. The National Disaster Management Centre in the Department of Cooperative Governance will transfer the funds to the City of...
Over the past three months, over 190 000 tonnes of waste has been diverted from landfill and converted into valuable feedstock for South African industry as part of the Industrial Symbiosis (IS) Programme at the National Cleaner Production Centre...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) met with key stakeholders this Women’s Month to discuss the importance of women being developers, producers and implementers of products within the sanitation and hygiene industry. Speaking at the event...
