Andres Mentis’ extensive research and market experience has resulted in the growth of a range of product encompassing expanded metal, Mentrail, industrial handrailing systems, steel floor tiles and Mendrill which are automatic drilling and boring...
The second high level meeting of the Africa-EU Energy Partnership was held recently, with calls from different speakers for continued efforts to ensure access to energy by Africans across the continent. The energy partnership is one of the eight...
Mineral Resources Minister Susan Shabangu has proposed a two-year extension of the moratorium on new applications for onshore and offshore exploration rights and on hydraulic fracturing (fracking) gas-extraction technique. Earlier this month...
Transforming the City of Cape Town’s current road-based public transport system, and providing reliable, efficient mass transport services to the people, is the aim of Cape Town’s Integrated Rapid Transit project, commonly referred to as MyCiTi....
The amount of untreated waste material containing uranium is growing after the 28% percent plunge in the gold price last year left many mine sites abandoned. Waste rock from hundreds of mines has been deposited around Johannesburg over the years,...
Leading laboratory instrumentation manufacturer SEAL Analytical has announced its participation in a series of international events that will include North America, Europe and the Middle East. Company President Stuart Smith says: “The latest models...
A super computing platform could help develop solutions for water and sanitation problems in Africa. IBM will be bringing its super computing platform Watson to Africa, where it will help researchers develop commercially-viable solutions in key...
The Zimbabwe government says it needs $27 billion to fund the Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-economic Transformation (ZimAsset). The bulk of the money will go towards the energy, water, sanitation and social sectors. The five-year economic...
South Africa has ranked 72nd in the global Environmental Performance Index (EPI). The EPI ranks how well countries perform on high-priority environmental issues in two areas: protection of human health from environmental harm and protection of...
