The annual SAICE-SAFCEC Awards gala event for the Most Outstanding Civil Engineering Achievements for 2015/2016 took place on 13 October, with industry leaders and dignitaries from across South Africa in attendance. SAICE received more than 30...
2016 marks the third year of continual growth for the international desalination market following its slump in the mid-2000s. According to the 2016-2017 IDA Yearbook, published by Global Water Intelligence, mid-2015 desalination totals were up 14%...
Six years ago, the Visserhoek landfill site in Cape Town was granted authorisation to extend its lifespan to provide an extra six to nine years of landfill capacity. This extension was granted provided the City of Cape Town develop a master plan...
Municipalities’ total expenditure rose 21.9% to R87.5 billion in the second quarter of the year. This is according to Stats SA’s latest Quarterly financial statistics of municipalities report which collects a range of financial data from...
A lack of basic service delivery, proper storm water drainage and safe electricity connections were some of the urgent concerns that community members addressed with Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina in Katlehong on Friday morning. Masina has...
“We remain on track to meet our 11-point action plan as agreed with the DEA,” Dean Thompson, EnviroServ’s CEO said, following reports of complaints by Shongweni residents living downwind of the landfill. He added that a review of all waste streams...
The South African Water Services’ (SAWS) seasonal outlook remains discouraging as predominant dryness and low prospects of rain is strongly indicated to last until January 2017. Dam levels have seen a general steady decline since April 2014 when...
South Africa is committed to a better tomorrow by ending the practice of open defecation in SA by 2030 or sooner, the Presidency’s planning minister, Jeff Radebe said on Saturday. Radebe, who spoke at the 2016 Global Citizen Festival in New York,...
As South Africa’s population continues to grow, landfills need to become more efficient to manage the order of magnitude increase of waste. Meeting this demand is no easy feat for those wanting to build and operate landfills. Averda South Africa’s...
