The single largest gathering of supply chain management professionals on the African continent assembled at the 37th SAPICS conference and exhibition at Sun City from May 31 to 2 June. The Pulse of African Supply Chains was the theme of this...
The challenge of how to address Africa’s massive $100 billion annual infrastructure deficit is a step closer to being met, following a three-year project by the World Economic Forum aimed at promoting public-private cooperation and...
Daniel Avutia, a geotechnical engineer from Johannesburg, has won the National Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining (IOM³) Young Persons’ Lecture Competition for his lecture entitled: Analytical study of sinkhole propagation in South...
Spending performance by state-owned entities on infrastructure projects has improved despite tight fiscal conditions. This is according to the Financial and Fiscal Commission (FFC) which tabled its Annual Submission for the Division of Revenue in...
The SADC Water Week initiative, which aims to gather input towards the formulation of the fourth phase of the Regional Water Programme, moves to Mauritius from the 3 to 5 June 2015. The SADC Water Division is holding Water Weeks in the 14 SADC...
The Department of Water and Sanitation successfully launched an Interim Sanitation Solution in Khayelitsha. Minister of water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane officially handed the project called the Kayaloo Ablution Facility to the people of...
The World Bank recently approved funding to address erosion related challenges in Nigeria’s Edo State. As part of the Nigeria Erosion and Watershed Management Project (NEWMAP), an 8-year multi-sectoral programme that aims to restore degraded lands...
Our country needs a water and sanitation revolution. This is was the conclusion of the debate on the Department of Water and Sanitation’s budget in Parliament last week, where Minister Nomvula Mokanyane called for urgent changes in the way...
The City of Johannesburg is replacing cast iron and steel manhole covers with non-metal products to combat vandalism and theft, which costs the city millions of rands every year. This was confirmed by Johannesburg Member of the Mayoral Committee...
