The City of Johannesburg has extensive plans to repair flood damage and upgrade road infrastructure. In Johannesburg parts of Soweto, Lenasia, Roodepoort, Midrand and Florida were affected by the recent heavy rainfall, flooding roads, damaging...
The Gauteng Provincial government will phase out asbestos roofing and replace it with tile roofing. Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane announced this during a recent visit to Shoshanguve. “We are starting with Tshwane, but eventually every household...
As South Africa’s wafer-thin reserve margin finally crumbled in the past week to usher in load shedding, irate consumers were again left in the dark in more than one way. Given this bleak situation, the imminent commissioning of more than 600 MW of...
The managing director of waste management company Pikitup has been suspended following allegations of irregularities in the awarding of a tender. Amanda Nair is facing five charges relating to a R263 million tender awarded to Aqua Transport Plant...
Tanzanian scientists are busy exploring an affordable and innovative technology for treating and reusing wastewater for agriculture. Scientists are exploring constructed wetlands as a way to treat wastewater. The constructed wetland is a 0.6 m deep...
Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) pumps have been installed in the Witwatersrand area. These pumps will ensure the area’s AMD remains below the Environmental Critical Level (ECL). Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa and Mineral Resource...
Corporates come together to donate 20kW photovoltaic plant to Camphill Village West Coast. The installation of a 20 kilowatt (kW) thin film solar photovoltaic (PV) plant at Camphill Village in the Western Cape, will make its dairy one of the first...
A flagship enterprise development initiative “Singakwenza Kwenzeke” (We can make it happen ), has been launched by Transnet Port Terminals. This is a two – year capacity building programme focusing on the increased participation in the engineering...
SAFCEC has changed its name to the South African Forum of Civil Engineering Contractors. The company says forum better describes its way of business than federation. The business believes the name change could not have come at a better time. SAFCEC...
