The Malmesbury Wastewater Treatment Works (WWTW) treats wastewater from Malmesbury. The original WWTW prior to a much needed refurbishment and upgrade project was not only overloaded but also discharged sub-standard effluent. In order to remedy...
Lusaka has been hard hit by water shortages seeing some sections of the city running completely dry. Residents of Gauteng and perhaps South Africans in general will sagely nod at the Lusaka Water and Sewerage Company’s (LWSC) explanation: “The...
A three hour journey from the vessel in the Coega port to the new R300 million Afrox plant within the Coega Industrial Zone (IDZ) carrying a 100-tonne 38-metre ‘cold’ box’ was recently undertaken by Vanguard. The cold box is an insulated enclosure...
It is envisaged that Johannesburg may become the first city in South Africa to convert its entire fleet of buses to carbon-free fuel. This follows a pilot project earlier this year with Metrobus that resulted in positive feedback. “The city...
Innovative highway interchange design and an ingenious hybrid wastewater treatment solution were among the winning projects at this year’s SAICE National Project Awards, held last Thursday at the Durban ICC Arena. Having won an award at the...
Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu says her department will work even harder to maintain solid relationships with the building industry in order to put roofs over the heads of millions of South Africans. Speaking on the first day of the...
On Wednesday 15 October a R22-billion plan for an integrated freight and logistics system was revealed to the private sector in Durban. The 20-year plan comprises upgrades to road and rail systems, the construction of truck stops, weighbridges and...
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) last week signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) which will see JICA support the Mahikeng Local Municipality with its...
According to the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) Africa Energy Outlook, a Special Report in the 2014 World Energy Outlook series, the increase of access to modern forms of energy is crucial to unlocking faster economic and social development in...
