featured | Infrastructure news - Part 228

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Zuma welcomes Transnet’s new locomotives

Transnet’s first batch of electric locomotives has been completed. Speaking after a tour of Transnet’s manufacturing and engineering facility in Koedoespoort, Pretoria, President Jacob Zuma said the acquisition of the 95 locomotives forms part of...

Sewer surcharge stinks up Hazeldene and Philippi

The City of Cape Town is working steadily to resolve a sewer surcharge that has been affecting the residents of Hazeldene and Philippi for several days. The surcharge is a result of a significant blockage, which City officials have found...

Quality water resource management

When it comes to water, it is widely accepted that business as usual is no longer an option. One African retailer is leading by example and actively working to save water by drastically reducing the amount of water it consumes – in its own...

Building better infrastructure and creating jobs

Transnet and Eskom are set to invest billions of rands in infrastructure programmes in a bid to create an enabling environment for private sector investment, bolstering localisation and supporting small and medium enterprises. This came out when...
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Hazardous waste disposal: How much do you know?

With dwindling landfill airspace and higher environmental consciousness, the correct disposal of waste items has become more important than ever in South Africa. With the growing supply of buy-back centres and kerbside collection facilities, South...
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SA’s first carbon-neutral truck assembly plant

South Africa is officially home to one of the country’s first 100 percent carbon neutral truck production sights. This follows the announcement that MAN Truck & Bus South Africa has converted its Pinetown assembly plant to solar power. The...
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Tech transfer key to Africa’s water and sanitation

Africa’s water and sewerage utilities are not coping with the ever-increasing demand and the adoption of appropriate technologies is an opportunity to reverse this situation. It is with this in mind that the African Development Bank is making an...

Gauteng to spend R240 million on mining towns

The Gauteng government will spend R240 million to develop economically depressed former mining towns in the province. This was announced on Monday by MEC for Human Settlements, Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs, Jacob Mamabolo, at...