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KZN calls on innovation from youth

The eThekwini Municipality has partnered with various stakeholders to develop a concept where the youth can be engaged to provide solutions to challenges faced by the City. The Innovation Week Challenge will provide youth with various platforms to...

Mac Maharaj calls it a day

Mac Maharaj, Special Advisor and Spokesperson to President Jacob Zuma, will retire at the end of April 2015 according to an announcement made by the Presidency on Tuesday. “Mr Maharaj, President Zuma’s former Special Envoy and former Cabinet...

Breaking away from tradition

The heart of Warwick Junction is beating with new life in the form of the recently constructed community building, Denis Hurley Centre. Replacing the demolished 106-year-old parish centre which sits adjacent to the Emmanuel Cathedral, the new...

$26 million for Seychelles water project

The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has allocated a loan and a grant of $ 25.995 million dollars to finance a water project in Mahe in the Seychelles. The Mahe Sustainable Water Augmentation Project (MSWAP) seeks to promote the country’s...

New SP energy tool for water supply systems

Worn or incorrectly sized pumps often lead to energy waste – but now thanks to a new online submersible pumps (SP) Energy Tool, you can easily find out if your water supply system holds untapped energy saving potential. A pump replacement for many...

Radar saves the day

Sunny Rock Close, a property administered by JH Isaacs Properties, had a leak in a 42mm high density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe running beneath the slab of one of the mini-factories on the site. Gauché Gouws, a utility location specialist and leak...

New membranes deliver clean water more efficiently

Researchers have developed new membranes or micro-filters that will clean water in a much more energy efficient manner. The project of the Melbourne School of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, in conjunction with CSIRO was published...