Transport Minister Dipuo Peters officially opened the Dr Chota Motala Interchange in Pietermaritzburg this weekend. The R442 million interchange will better link the Pietermaritzburg central business district, northern suburbs and the freeway. The...
The National Assembly has passed the Infrastructure Development Bill. The bill, meant to speed up implementation of strategic projects, was passed on Tuesday with 212 votes in favour and 55 against. Only the Democratic Alliance (DA) strongly...
Water crises is the third highest global risk of concern in the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks 2014 report. According to the report, this illustrates a continued and growing awareness of the global water crisis as a result of mismanagement and...
Delivering her State of the Province Address, North West Premier Thandi Modise said significant progress has been made in increasing the number of households with access to clean running water, sanitation facilities and electricity. Modise said the...
During the past few years, the UK has been battered extreme weather conditions resulting in a number of storms and floods. In an innovative move, a remote control boat equipped with a SonTek M9 Acoustic Doppler Profiler (ADP) has been deployed with...
RAP Technologies, trading as Raptech, has acquired the sole LEO pump distributorship for Southern Africa. LEO is the first Chinese pump manufacturer to be listed on China’s stock exchange and has the only state-authorised technical centre for...
The Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Bill 2013, according to the government will support a broader-based industrialisation growth part and be a significant milestone in pursuit of the aspirations of the National Development Plan (NDP). Rob Davies,...
Upgraded and wider un-tolled roads are in the pipeline for Gauteng. The N12 and N14 will be widened allowing motorists to use them as an alternative to the tolled M1 and N1 roads. This was announced by the Gauteng Premier Nomvula Mokonyane during...
Water experts are sceptical about whether UN’s Millennium Development Goals (MDG) will be fully met by 2015; unless the current pace is dramatic accelerated, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa. The United Nations (UN) General Assembly met last week...
