Receiving healthcare out of a three room container will soon be a thing of the past for residents of Ennerdale as the City of Johannesburg starts the construction of a new R22.5 million clinic. Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau broke ground at...
Untreated sewerage continues to spill into the Vaal River. This comes after two waste water treatment plants in the Matlosana local municipality, in the North West are dysfunctional. Some of the farmers along the river believe that the extent of...
The African Water Facility is providing a €1.2 million grant to help improve school sanitation facilities in Eastern Cape Province. Over 100 000 students will directly benefit from this project, which will also create business opportunities for...
Zimbabwe has looked at Namibian financial institutions for the expansion of the Kariba South Hydro Power Plant. Standard Bank Namibia will provide a loan facility of N$500 million to the Zimbabwe Power Corporation (ZPC) for the 300 MW extension of...
Geoff Linke has been appointed as the Managing Director for Aurecon’s Infrastructure Market, which includes Transport and Water, effective 2 February 2015. Geoff commented, “I am very excited to be undertaking to be undertaking this role, leading...
A 14km stretch of pipeline from Inchanga Station to Ashley Drive in Kloof, which makes up the first two contracts of the approximately  R1.8-billion second phase of the Western Aqueduct, is currently being commissioned and tested and should be...
Latest research shows that 64% of wetlands worldwide have been lost since 1900, and that 76% of populations of freshwater plants and animals have disappeared in the last 40 years alone according to the WWF’s Living Planet report....
Over two hundred families are living in appalling conditions at Pom-fret, a former military base near Vryburg in North West. There is no running water, electricity or health facilities. The government blames old infrastructure and illegal...
The eThekwini Municipality is appealing to members of the community to be vigilant and avoid any form of contact with water from the Umbilo River, until further notice. This comes after contaminated water seeped into the Umbilo River through...
