A new manufacturers’ association has come out in support of Pumps, Valves and Pipes Africa (PVPA 2013), one of 10 component expos at the SA Industry and Technology Fair 2013 (INDUTEC). The Valve and Actuator Manufacturers’ Cluster of South Africa...
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has joined the 49M energy saving campaign. 49M is an energy initiative endorsed by government and business partners and supported by ordinary South Africans who have changed the way they use...
Two of the goals as set out in the National Development Plan (NDP) are (1) the transformation of urban and rural spaces in South Africa and (2) investment into a strong network of economic infrastructure designed to support medium to long-term...
The new GET FiT investment mechanism (which brings private and public investors together), the proposed BRICS Bank and China’s funding relationship with Africa, are some of the updates featured during the investment and finance track of the...
As part of efforts to preserve the country’s water quality, South Africans have been urged to assist in protecting wetlands, which are crucial in water purification. Environmentalists, government officials and communities from all over South...
The Deputy Minister of Water Affairs, Rejoice Mabudafhasi, chose the recent 16th World Wetlands Day to highlight the conservation initiatives on the community in Kareedouw in the KouKamma Local Municipality in the Eastern Cape, relating...
Following recent media reports that there is no running tap water in the Ngobi Village in the North West Province, the Department of Water Affairs has come out in strong opposition in a recent statement. “The Department wishes to confirm that there...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs, Edna Molewa, has invited public comments on the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Guideline for Aquaculture in South Africa. Aquaculture incorporates the breeding, trading or rearing of aquatic...
Ron Watermeyer (Infrastructure Options) Kevin Wall (CSIR) Graham Pirie (Consulting Engineers South Africa) Introduction The inability of many South African municipalities and provincial governments to spend all of their capital budgets each year...
