Africa’s omnipresent water crisis creates ongoing business opportunities for the water technology industry, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. “The problem is not a lack of rain, but a lack of rain management – poorly exploited catchment areas,...
The Oudtshoorn municipality is disputing allegations that its waste water treatment plant is being mismanaged. Acting municipal manager, Ronnie Lottering and a team of senior officials visited the waste water treatment plant recently. “The sewerage...
The water situation in the Knysna area remains a serious concern. The Knysna Municipality says they are not faced with a crisis yet however, if water usage is not reduced Knysna could face a serious problem which could be catastrophic. Chairperson...
Public Enterprises Minister, Lynne Brown, says the Port of Ngqura has managed to create over 800 permanent jobs in the Eastern Cape. Brown was speaking at the Ngqura Container Terminal’s 5th anniversary and expansion programme milestone earlier...
President Jacob Zuma says the country’s provinces and municipalities must do much more to implement the National Development Plan (NDP). “We … are pleased with the speed of implementation of the NDP by provinces and municipalities but feel that...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality says it has been forced to expropriate two erven – its last trump card – to overcome the drawn out stalemate to acquire land for its R286 million Njoli Square Re-development, a project aimed as an economic boost...
Pikitup, the Waste Management Company of the City of Johannesburg, will be rolling out a free once a month bulky waste service (i.e. old mattresses, old furniture and fridges etc.) The company made the announcement this weekend when it officially...
Construction of R250 million worth of urgently needed bulk water infrastructure in the northern part of the eThekwini region is nearing completion. Ednick Msweli, newly appointed head of eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) confirmed last week that...
Bridgestone South Africa has announced changes to its commercial tyre operations. Since 2 March 2015, sales and distribution of all new and retreaded truck, bus and earth mover tyres have been spearheaded by a newly-formed company within the...
