water | Infrastructure news - Part 594

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Flush toilets for Khayelitsha and Strand

As part of the City of Cape Town’s commitment to being a Caring City, with what has been termed a particular focus on redress, the City’s Utility Services Directorate has over the last few weeks, completed the installation of over 280 full flush...
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SADC leaders commit to trade plan

Following the recent summit held in Lilongwe, Malawi, the heads of state and government of the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are positive the Tripartite Free Trade Area, to be established by 2015, will enable greater intra-African...
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Dams overflow due to heavy rain

The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) in the Western Cape Region has called on residents near dams to be cautious as dams, canals and reservoirs in the province are at full capacity due to the persistent heavy rains.The soil in the Western Cape is...
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Roads are set to go green

‘Green’ is increasingly the new gold standard in road building and local roads are set to get greener as road builders and associated organisations recognise the value of more environmentally friendly asphalt technologies. This is according to Peet...
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Improving waste management

South Africa leads the way in waste management in Africa, but many other countries on the continent are up to speed with their environmental legislation – usually based on World Bank standards. This is the opinion of Bruce Engelsman, a partner at...