A proposed 476km single gauge railway line that will connect Kampala via Malaba in Eastern Uganda to Nimule in South Sudan – at a cost of $3.2 billion – will receive financial backing from China. Official acceptance of the Engineering...
The Gauteng Human Settlements Department will officially launch the Mega Housing Projects, which will see an unprecedented radical transformation in housing and spatial planning in the province. This follows the announcement of Gauteng Premier...
The community of Westbury, west of Johannesburg, is set to receive a new multi-million rand state-of-the-art clinic. The development of the R25 million healthcare centre, announced by Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau at a...
Joop van Wamelen was instrumental in forming the Southern African Society for Trenchless Technology (SASTT) in 1992 and for 24 years has steadfastly guided the society, both as a board member, President, Past President and more recently as Honorary...
Eskom’s Medupi Unit 6 is currently being progressively tested and optimised to enable it to join the Eskom generation fleet as a contributor to energy supply, said the parastatal on Wednesday. Medupi consists of six units of approximately 800 MW...
The KwaZulu-Natal Institute for Architecture (KZNIA) recently welcomed its new President. Ruben Reddy, owner of his own nationally based practice, was inducted at a ceremony, sponsored by Patron of Architecture, Corobrik. Reddy said that his...
An energy efficiency project of Tonga View Primary School in Kwalugedlane, Mpumalanga, scooped first prize at the 2015 African Energy Awards. The Syngas Stove Project, initiated by the Eskom WESSA Energy and Sustainability Programme, won in the...
A Community Parks and Street Cleaning project worth more than R13.8 million was recently launched in Umtshezi, KwaZulu-Natal. “It is anticipated that the implementation of these projects will create at least 235 work opportunities. This entails,...
The Rosendaal human settlements project, situated close to Roosendal High School, formally kicks off the first phase of the Delft integrated housing project which will lead to the eventual construction of 2 407 subsidised housing units in total. “I...
