After wildfires plagued the coastal town of Knysna, authorities have spent the last week assessing the extent of damage to infrastructure, public works minister Nathi Nhleko said. The fires completely destroyed more than 600 homes and left more...
The City of Cape Town is taking a new resilience approach to water management in the city, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Sunday. After experiencing one of the worst droughts in almost 100 years, the city is looking at securing new sources of...
There has been highly publicised, widespread concern about how South Africa’s downgraded status by international agencies will affect the local construction sector. Fears of non-payment, rising credit costs and a number of projects being put on...
Despite recent heavy rains in the Western Cape, water still needs to be saved and used very sparingly, says Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille. On Friday, the city’s dam levels were recorded at 20.4%. However, with the last 10% of water mostly...
A request for state owned company Transnet to be probed has been put forward by the Council for the Advancement of the South African Constitution (Casac). Last week Casac requested that public protector Busisiwe Mkhwebane investigate alleged...
By Rianté Naidoo When technology is used to aid innovation, it can deliver significant value to a business’s bottom line, says Adam Orlin, head of Investec Import Solutions. In an interview with infrastructurene.ws, Orlin discussed some of the ways...
The $590m Doraleh mega port, Djibouti’s new ultra-modern mega port was opened earlier this week. This is with a view to facilitate the country’s efforts towards providing world class shipping platform. Aboubaker Omar Hadi, chairman, Djibouti Ports...
The rollout of beach clean-ups and marine animal awareness campaigns along South Africa’s east and west coastlines took place this week in celebration of World Oceans Day on Thursday. To commemorate the global day, the first ever UN Oceans...
New disruptive technologies are changing the ways energy generation and distribution is being understood and funded in Africa, says Rentia van Tonder, head of power at Standard Bank. She said these changes have profound implications far beyond the...
