As the legal tussle between Amazon and local government in the Western Cape shows, there is no doubt that erecting a building involves a great deal more than merely organising labour force, permits and meticulous project management. Added to the...
Landfill site problems are often bigger than the eyesore created by the huge piles of waste. At one point or another, landfill sites will have to be closed. While this may seem like the end of the story, it is only the beginning of the next chapter...
The Department of Environmental Affairs has granted Eskom environmental authorisation for the construction and operation of a nuclear power station at Duynefontein in the Western Cape. The Environmental Authorisation was granted earlier this month...
Government has set aside R74 million in relief funding to assist with the persistent drought plaguing the Western Cape. In a statement released on Thursday 14 September cabinet said the persistent drought conditions in parts of the country are a...
SRK Consulting, appointed by Airports Company South Africa, has undertaken the Scoping and Environmental Impact Reporting for the realignment of the runway. The Draft Environmental Impact Report will be released to the public for an eight-week...
Construction of the $100 million Mall of Zimbabwe complex and surrounding developments in Borrowdale, Harare, is still on hold awaiting the Environmental Management Agency’s (EMA) approval permit. EMA has since carried out an Environmental...
Addis Ababa City Administration will construct a large sanitary landfill in Sendafa town. The city is offering up a $27.6 million international tender to construct the landfill which will cover an area of 136ha. Once complete it will be devoted to...
2014 will be a big year for water infrastructure in Durban with construction of the second phase of the Western Aqueduct gathering momentum and the beginning of the first contract of the urgently Northern Aqueduct likely to begin. Neil Macleod,...
Construction of a 50 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant near Upington, in the Northern Cape, has started with a projected completion date of 2015. The project will employ up to 600 people from the surrounding communities during construction...
