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Orange Farm joins COJ’s recycling family

A R16-million multipurpose Pikitup waste management depot was opened in Orange Farm, Region G recently adding fuel to the City of Johannesburg’s recycling fire. Member of the Mayoral Committee for Environment and Infrastructure Services...

The road to water conservation

The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-SA) Water Balance Programme is receiving strong support as car manufacturers join in and do their bit this scarce resource. Nissan South Africa is one of these continuing its support of the programme for the...

Taking desalination offshore

Production at Total’s Ofon offshore oil rig, situated 60 kilometers south of Port Harcourt, Nigeria, recently tripled its daily output as part of its Phase 2 project. In line with this expansion, Veolia Water Technologies in South Africa designed,...
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Falling oil price bodes well for fuel price

Encouraging mid-month fuel price data has been buoyed by receding international petroleum prices, meaning good news for motorists in August. This is according to the Automobile Association (AA), which was commenting on unaudited data released by...

And the nominees for engineering excellence are…

The CESA Aon Engineering Excellence Awards are all set to take place on 12 August 2015 at Vodaworld in Midrand. Awards will be handed out in the following categories Engineering Excellence for projects with a value of less than R50 million,...
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SADC Water Week hits SA

This week South African authorities will focus their attention on addressing the country’s water related issues and challenges under SADC’s Water Week initiative. The South African Development Community (SADC) in partnership with South Africa’s...
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Jericho water plan making waves

The Jericho water plan is expected to restore water to 19 villages that fall under the Madibeng Local Municipality. The Jericho Water and Sanitation Forum in Madibeng, North West, will this week inform local residents about the details of a plan to...