Dear WISA Members Nominations for the 2014/2015 WISA council Two (2) vacancies for Council Members will exist at the end of the 2014 AGM. Eligible Subscribers of WISA are therefore invited to nominate two (2) WISA members to participate in a...
“The provision of quality housing and the building of an asset base is a core element in the eradication of poverty. The provision of housing solutions gives the poor a hand up so they can become part of the ‘whole-of-society’.” Minister Bonginkosi...
The top thesis students from the country’s eight universities who demonstrate holistic competence will showcase their talents at the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year National Awards in April. “These annual awards aim to promote and reward...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Tanzanian Investment Bank (TIB) have partnered to finance several Tanzanian infrastructure projects. The partnership will pay for the rehabilitation of berths one to seven at Dar es Salaam port...
During the past few years, the UK has been battered extreme weather conditions resulting in a number of storms and floods. In an innovative move, a remote control boat equipped with a SonTek M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) has been deployed with...
RAP Technologies, trading as Raptech, has acquired the sole LEO pump distributorship for Southern Africa. LEO is the first Chinese pump manufacturer to be listed on China’s stock exchange and has the only state-authorised technical centre for...
Water experts are sceptical about whether UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be fully met by 2015; unless the current pace is dramatic accelerated, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly met last week...
Rwanda will become the first East African country with a utility-scale solar plant. The $24 million plant will be constructed outside the country’s capital, Kigali. Gigawatt Global and Energiya Global will construct the solar power plant and...
Expanding a key commercial corridor, China Railway Seventh Group Botswana is upgrading one of Botswana’s most important road networks, with a Cat RM300 rotary mixer responsible for the cement stabilisation works. REPRESENTING AN investment of...
