Eskom has appointed ABB South Africa to execute the control and instrumentation contract for Kusile power station. “Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd (Eskom) has appointed ABB South Africa (Pty) Ltd, to execute the Control and Instrumentation contract...
The refurbishment of approximately 7000 Community Residential Units in Cape Town is on the verge of being completed. As an ode to Human Rights Day the City announced on Friday that approximately 93% of the units identified for upgrade have been...
Borehole replenishment and yields remain positive at Western Cape schools recently provided with groundwater access to irrigate their fields and green areas. A programme of continuous monitoring of groundwater usage is proving to be a valuable data...
The access channel to the port of Maputo will increase in depth from 11 metres to 14 metres, according to the port’s management company, MPDC. The move will give 80 000-ton vessels access to the port’s facilities. Dredging of the channel is part of...
South Africa has taken delivery of 95 Chinese-made electric locomotives. They were delivered by Transnet, in collaboration with the Chinese Zhuzhou Electric Locomotives Company, last week. Eighty-five of the 95 locomotives were assembled in...
Funding for a project that will rehabilitate Zambia’s Chinsali-Nakonde Road is to be provided by the African Development Bank. Approximately 210km of road, which forms part of the Trans-Africa Highway/North-South Corridor, will be renewed at a cost...
An R130 million investment has been made by a South African company in the rehabilitation of a seven kilometre section of National Road 4 (EN4) in Matola, Mozambique. With a 30-year contract concluded with the government of Mozambique,...
A celebration was held at the Wings of Life Community Centre in Diepsloot on 19 March in honour of World Water Day and South African Water Week. Xylem Water Solutions has partnered with Afrika Tikkun and Africa Tikkun Services – their sustainable...
Standard & Poor’s (S&P) has downgraded Eskom’s long-term credit rating to BB+ following the suspension of four of its senior officials, it said on Thursday. This had led the ratings agency to have less confidence in the...
