Energy Minister Tina Joemat-Pettersson has announced the preferred bidders for phase four of the Independent Power Producer (IPP) procurement programme, who are expected to feed an additional 1 121 Megawatts to the grid. The Minister’s announcement...
In the early hours of 26 March, a fire broke out at the Sun Oil warehouse in Mobeni, south of Durban. The fire, which lasted about six hours, threatened to spread to the adjacent Kansai Plascon warehouse but was prevented by the building’s...
Johannesburg Water (JW) will be performing infrastructure upgrades which are expected to affect water supply to the Northern suburbs of Johannesburg. The city’s water and sanitation service provider issued a statement informing residents about a...
The electricity war room, which was set up in December to address South Africa’s energy challenges is making strides. This is according to Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown. Briefing journalists in Cape Town on Wednesday, the Minister...
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown has called on Eskom’s residential and business customers to use energy sparingly as the winter season approaches. The Minister said this following the power utility’s decision to implement load shedding over...
The City of Ekurhuleni is carrying out major refurbishment on a 2.4 kilometre cable to lessen the number of unplanned power interruptions in Sunward Park and surrounding areas. According to the municipality this is part of a multi-year plan adopted...
The first Captains of Construction forum is set to take place next month and it will see high-level decision makers and stakeholders, in the public and private sector discussing key issues in infrastructure development and construction in South...
The second phase of a multi-million rand water works operation, which will increase the amount of clean water to the residents of Port Elizabeth, has been launched. The R126.4-million project will double the clean water supply from the Nooitgedagt...
Although the world’s water supplies are expected to remain sufficient for a global population of nine billion in 2050, continuing overconsumption and the impact of climate change will diminish their availability in many of the planet’s neediest...
