A whopping 30MW annually could be saved by cash-conscious South African municipalities should their water treatment plants decide to switch off Eskom and switch on the electricity-generating potential of methane-rich biogas. That’s according...
It was with great interest that the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has followed the Auditor General’s discussion on the state of the audits of local authorities in South Africa. The report is cross-cutting and has reference...
Durban is preparing to shift thousands of people, small companies and some big industries from the southern and central section of the city in the most ambitious re-engineering project of Africa’s largest port in several decades. If city...
Seattle — Bill Gates today announced the winners of the Reinvent the Toilet Challenge—an effort to develop “next-generation” toilets that will deliver safe and sustainable sanitation to the 2.5 billion people worldwide who don’t...
More than a million children die from diarrhoea-related illnesses in Africa every year and it’s public health issues like this that will be exercising the minds of delegates at a conference on sanitation to be held in Durban in December. The 12th...
The concept of an employment guarantee should have more traction in the local context given the high levels of unemployment that exist in South Africa. However, this is not the ideal solution, according to Dr Kate Phillip, a leading expert on...
Atlas Copco Construction Tools has launched a new range of three ride-on trowels for concrete floor specialists. Their robust design, smooth operation and very good balance ensure top class concrete surfaces. The new machines are fully mechanical...
A governement department is building an R8 billion “green” head office in a Pretoria suburb in spite of government-owned buildings standing empty in the inner city. Construction on the building for the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)...
Eskom again faces power shortages. Within six years the utility will have a 40m tonne coal deficit to meet its annual requirements. This shortfall is owing to Mpumalanga’s shrinking coal reserves, which need urgent supplementation with coal from...
