The South African Bureau of Standards’ (SABS) has announcement that all PVC pipes manufactured in South Africa have to be free of heavy metals by July 2015. The technical committee of the SABS Standard Division has amended a series of standards to...
Geodesy specialist and fellow of the International Association of Geodesy Richard Wonnacott has joined an African water, energy and earth sciences consultancy as an associate. Wonnacott spent much of his career with the Chief Directorate: National...
The Nigerian Society of Engineers’ (NSE) president, Ademola Olorunfemi, has raised concern over the indiscriminate drilling of bore-holes in Nigeria. According to Olorunfemi, residents are drilling their own boreholes because of the lack of...
City of Cape Town Backyard Essential Service Improvement Programme Leading South African engineering consulting firm GIBB will bring light into the lives of thousands of informal settlers with the “Backyard Essential Service Improvement Programme”....
Umvoto Africa, specialists in water, energy and earth sciences has got another boost with Richard Wonnacott, a geodesy specialist, joining the company as an Associate. The field of geodesy deals with the measurement and representation of the earth,...
South Africa’s plastic pipe industry facilitator, the Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE). According to...
A multimillion-rand water and sanitation project has been announced for communities living in Colesberg in the Northern Cape. Water Affairs Minister Edna Molewa announced this yesterday, addressing major concerns for the area, including inadequate...
The DA will request that the Public Protector, Advocate Thuli Madonsela, launch a nation-wide investigatory audit into the state of water infrastructure and access in South Africa. Reports of local water shortages keep pouring in across the...
Earth sciences and water consultancy Umvoto Africa is undertaking a two-year study funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) to examine rural attitudes towards climate change and how the rural communities can increase their resilience. A pilot...
