Trenchless technology specialist Rescue Rod offers a wide range of products for the industry. Maryke Foulds finds out what is on offer. According to managing director Bobby Smit, underground construction avoids surface disruptions and provides...
This year’s multifaceted Sustainability Week will take place from 17 to 19 June 2014 at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Pretoria. The event offers various opportunities for investors, businesses and consumers to learn, share, and...
The Set Point Group is pleased to announce the launch of a water division, Set Point Water Solutions, at this year’s WISA Biennial Conference, set to take place from 25-29 May, Mbombela, Mpumalanga. This integrated sourcing division which offers...
South Africa, home to over 51Â million people, has seen its fair share of natural disasters. Now another one looms: water shortages can become a reality very soon, writes Malcolm Corns of SafeQuip. As more and more people migrate into cities from...
The finalisation of the Wind Atlas for South Africa (WASA) Project for the Western Cape and parts of the Northern and Eastern Cape marks an important milestone in South Africa’s renewable energy efforts. WASA’s primary objective is to develop and...
Road accident statistics in South Africa are of huge concern and according to the World Health Organisation the road fatality rates on the African continent is the highest in the world. Nigeria and South Africa have the highest fatality rates with...
The creation of an Infrastructure Codesa, similar to the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (Codesa), will maintain the infrastructure development momentum that the country has experienced since 1994. WHILE SOUTH Africa is, this year,...
The steady growth in the volume of sludge generated by water treatment is linked to both demographic changes and an increase in urban sprawl. This situation puts additional stresses on municipalities and can lead to tighter constraints within the...
Three African cities have won IBM Smarter Cities Challenge grants. IBM will this year be helping at least 16 cities and counties around the world to address issues ranging from clean water, healthy food, and revenue generation, to job development,...
