South Africa is facing a major water crisis. The impact of water shortages is felt most acutely in rural areas where there are no major surface- or groundwater resources and where it is not economically viable to install a water reticulation...
Jacob Zuma’s presidential special advisor, Lindiwe Zulu, has announced that African leaders accepted President Jacob Zuma’s report on progress made on the Nepad Presidential Infrastructure Champion Initiative for the continent. The initiative is...
According to Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (SEIFSA) Executive Director Kaizer Nyatsumba, South Africa’s economy is underperforming and has called for better partnering between Government, business and labour. Speaking...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa, the Premier of the Northern Cape Sylvia Lucas and provincial MEC’s will launch the Colesberg Waste Water Treatment Works in the Umsobomvu Local Municipality, Northern Cape today. The...
The Cape Town mayoral committee has approved a draft wastewater and industrial effluent bylaw, which gives the city the power to confiscate any vehicle used to dump waste illegally. 985 illegal dumping sites have been identified and measures such...
Professionals in the waste industry now have access to the recently published Global Waste to Energy Plant Market report. The report provides an analysis of the global waste to energy (WTE) plant market for the period 2009–2016 along with a...
Take a look at these five helpful apps targeted at waste management: 1. Site Waste Management Plan Checklist This appprovides a structure for waste delivery and disposal at all stages during a construction project. It covers responsibility,...
The face of the African construction industry is changing. Construction projects on the continent are getting bigger and more complex. According to Deloitte’s African Construction Trends Report 2013, this is because of rapid urbanisation, a rising...
Skhumbuzo Macozoma, Managing Director of the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), says he is heading up a very different JRA from the one he inherited in 2012. The company is now busy with traffic light maintenance programme as well as rehabilitation...
