The City of Cape Town was named top municipality in the African Utility Week Awards. The continent’s leading utility and energy professionals and projects were honoured and successes in the industry throughout 2013 were celebrated. More than 5000...
The continent’s leading utility and energy professionals and projects were honoured and successes in the industry throughout 2013 were celebrated at the African Utility Week Awards. More than 5000 power and water professionals have gathered for the...
South Africa is severely under-engineered. According to the latest Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) results, South Africa only has a total of 15 000 engineers and has one engineer that services approximately 2666 people whereas...
Mining, geotechnics, water, waste and the environment specialist SRK Consulting (SA) has announced several promotions. Briony Liber has been made a partner at SRK Consulting (SA). She is a principal environmental consultant based in the...
Up to 40% of the energy footprint of a city is determined by the water industry. With electricity costs accounting for some 40% of operating costs, out-of-the-box thinking is required. Royal HaskoningDHV’s solution is the Energy Factory. This...
The pumping, treatment and release of treated acid mine drainage (AMD) for the testing of the central basin AMD treatment plant has commenced. The treatment plant was recently launched by the Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) on Acid Mine Drainage...
As part of a drive by the Eastern Cape government to upgrade rural schools from mud to solid structures and provide water, sanitation and electricity, consulting engineering firm GIBB has provided electricity to 49 schools. The company was enlisted...
Since May last year, the City of Cape Town has invested nearly R8 million in upgrading the concrete roads in Bonteheuwel and will be spending another R21 million in this community where approximately 46 000 people live. Over 1.6 km of apartheid-era...
West Africa’s future as a competitive economic bloc requires new solutions in power technology and investment to improve energy access and enable the implementation of an ambitious infrastructure programme, according to Standard Bank. Policymakers,...
