South Africa and Africa’s largest acid mine drainage (AMD) plant will begin operations within the next two months. The Central Basin pump station and treatment plant is located in Germiston and will treat 70 million litres of toxic mine water a...
Total South Africa renews its partnership with Wits University to help address skills shortages The recently signed agreement document signifies an undertaking to assist selected candidates with student bursaries that will cover full tuition and...
With its financial results for 2013 up by 28.7% on 2012 the Mercedes-Benz group of companies in SA (MBSA) believes it is clearly turning the corner on its road to 2015. Dr Martin Zimmermann , outgoing MBSA CEO and President, in one of his last...
Many agencies are unable to navigate the risks associated with implementation of infrastructure projects. The result is that the project takes longer and costs taxpayers more. This is according to a new report from Deloitte titled Infrastructure...
Escalating unrest in communities over infrastructure issues such as the lack of water, sanitation, housing and roads is a serious indication of what people expect from government and those responsible for service delivery. Research conducted by the...
Delegates from Palenstine and South Africa met on 18 February to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) focusing on joint collaboration in the development of technical capacity for the local government sector. It was entered into by the Municipal...
Water affairs Minister Edna Molewa has pledged to give extra support to the iMbabazane Local Municipality to finish the expansion of the Loskop Treatment Plant within the next three months. The project is expected to alleviate problems with water...
Only a flexible systematic, long-term process, driven within a multi-stakeholder-agreed framework, can turn around groundwater’s poor governance and utilisation. This is according to a new report by the South African Water Research Commission....
Sobering facts make a case for wind and solar power An American report, The Hidden Costs of Electricity: Comparing the Hidden Costs of Power Generation Fuels, analyses six fuels used to generate electricity ie biomass, coal, nuclear, natural gas,...
