South African National Roads Agency Limited’s (SANRAL) R2.2 billion infrastructure programme in the Eastern Cape will help prepare the region for integrated growth and development, says SANRAL’S CEO Nazir Alli. Currently there are 32 engineering...
One of South Africa’s most dangerous roads, the Moloto Road which runs north of Pretoria and passes through three provinces, has been incorporated into the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) road network. The government gazette announcing...
Three U.S. airlines have banned the transport of lion, leopard, elephant, rhino or buffalo killed by trophy hunters, in the latest fallout from the killing of Zimbabwe’s Cecil the lion last month. American Airlines said on Tuesday it would...
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) researchers have warned that continued population and economic growth, combined with climate change, could result in serious water shortages in some parts of the country by 2025. Speaking to the...
The demand for infrastructure in Africa is driven by rising populations and rapid urbanisation and is causing a shift for all players in the sector. The continent needs $95 billion per annum for the next 10 years to meet its infrastructure demands....
The City of Cape Town’s Electricity Services Department has successfully completed an infrastructure upgrade that was necessary to allow for the next phases of work to commence on the Joe Slovo housing project. This involved replacing the overhead...
The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) has allocated a budget of over R100 million to upgrade three low-lying bridges in Soweto. This forms part of a city-wide JRA bridge construction and rehabilitation programme which will be launched by City of...
Tuesday, the 8th of September 2015, will see 15 of local and international experts in the field of plastic pipe manufacture and infrastructure take to the stage, when they present their papers at the PIPES IX Conference. The conference is hosted by...
The rate at which reefer cargo is exported from South Africa to the Middle and Far East is rapidly increasing and is slowly overtaking South Africa’s ‘traditional’ reefer trade lanes to Europe. This shift is creating opportunity for local...
