The Gauteng government has announced three interventions to change the space and structure of the economy of the province in order to address unemployment, poverty and inequality. Speaking during the State of the Province Address on Monday, Premier...
The City of Cape Town is appealing to residents not to dump objects into the city’s stormwater infrastructure after a maintenance team found a lawnmower in a manhole in Goodwood. Following recurring stormwater overflows in Goodwood, a maintenance...
A deadly black mamba is coming between a thirsty Zimbabwean city and its water by attacking technicians trying to finish work on a new water reservoir, it was reported on Friday. The snake “is chasing away” engineers and electricians...
Many coastal towns in the Cape Province feel the pressure with water demands exceeding supply, especially during peak holiday seasons. An example is Lamberts Bay, a town about 280 kilometres from Cape Town – along the Cape West Coast, in...
The Polokwane Municipality says most of its reservoirs have been low and some almost empty in the past few days. This has resulted in water shortages in high laying areas within the municipality. The situation got worse on Sunday with some...
Residents of some of Knysna’s oldest informal settlements have become the unintended victims of disgruntled emerging contractors. According to the municipality a small group of emerging contractors are aggrieved that they were not successful in...
Receiving healthcare out of a three room container will soon be a thing of the past for residents of Ennerdale as the City of Johannesburg starts the construction of a new R22.5 million clinic. Johannesburg Executive Mayor Parks Tau broke ground at...
A science and technology professor has shown that improving wastewater treatment and saving energy are not only essential, but they’re also compatible. Dr. Jianmin Wang, professor of civil, architectural and environmental engineering at Missouri...
It was confirmed on Friday 20 February by Mozambican ports and rail company, CFM (Compagnie Ferroviaire du Mozambique), that one person had died following the derailment of a cargo train transporting coal in Mozambique on Thursday 10 February....
