The Transnet National Ports Authority on Friday has said that it is anticipating disruption of business by berthing staff at the Port of Durban, starting today (12/01/2015) at 06:00. “This,” said port manager, Moshe Motlohi, “is not a union matter,...
An alarmingly high 53% of second-hand tyres intended for sale in South Africa are un-roadworthy and pose a serious safety threat. The main concerns include tyres that contain damage on critical sections, fail to meet minimum non-skid depth...
Eskom has begun implementing stage one load shedding, it announced on Twitter on Friday. A tweet sent from the power utilities media account read “Eskom has started load shedding in stage 1 as of 11:05.” Eskom spokesperson Khulu Phasiwe...
Experts believe the merging of South Africa’s two largest cement producers —PPC and Afrisam —does not make Business sense. Following a SENS announcement, in December, on a non-binding merger proposal from the AfriSam group to PPC, many industry...
The completion date for the Mount Coffee Hydro Power Project in Liberia has been extended to 2016 as a result of the deadly Ebola virus. According to a report by The Inquirer Liberian President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf explained that every project in...
When dams are built they have an impact not only on the flow of water in the river, but also on the people who live downstream and in the surrounding ecosystems. By placing data from close to 6 500 existing large dams on a highly precise map of the...
Construction has started on a new Chinese-financed R84bn city in Modderfontein, Gauteng. According to a report by The Star, work on the first set of 300 residential units and some of the roads is already under way. Chinese firm Shanghai Zendai...
The Nampula to Cuamba road in Mozambique is now set to be completed over a year later than scheduled, despite promises that paving and repair work would be done by the August 2014 deadline. According to the public works and housing deputy minister,...
A new method to estimate the global impacts of dams on river flow and fragmentation has been developed by a group of international researchers, led by McGill University researchers. The new research, which may influence dam planning strategies, was...
