Deputy Director General at the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs Trevor Balzer has blamed a lack of engineers, technicians and artisans in municipalities for their inability to deal with the breakdown of infrastructure. “One of the...
There have been calls for the constitution to be amended to allow national government to take more control of managing South Africa’s water supply and distribution. The country has recently been plagued by a series of water shortages and protests...
Several suburbs in Harare, Zimbabwe have had erratic water supply for some time. Some areas have been without water for up to a week. The worst affected areas include Warren Park, Chadcombe, Hatfield, Mabvuku and Budiriro. Residents in Mabvuku told...
Sasol will help clean up the toxic spill that affected one of the rivers flowing through the Kruger National Park. A tailings dam owned by Bosveld Phosphates overflowed at the end of last year following heavy rain, contaminating a 15km stretch of...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality, the Department of Water Affairs, the Department of Public Works, and Rand Water will work together to repair leaks in a bid to curb water wastage. The leak repair project was launched by the Ekurhuleni...
Beginning 1 May 2014, IAG Cargo is adding three flights on the busy London Heathrow-Cape Town International route. This will bring the total number of weekly frequencies to ten. The new flights, serviced by a 777-200ER, will benefit businesses in...
For the first time in its 28 year history in South Africa, Continental Tyre South Africa (CTSA) has appointed a woman at executive level. Sivuyile Boqwana, an attorney,joined CTSA a year ago as legal compliance manager and sits on the CTSA board as...
The threats made to the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) at its Central Operations Centre in Samrand, Johannesburg, in an attempt to destabilise its operations have been condemned in the strongest possible terms by Dipuo Peter, the...
The Mpumalanga Department of Public Works will rehabilitate the deteriorated R36 between Machadodorp and Mashishing in Mpumalanga in the 2014/15 financial year. According to department spokesman Dumisani Malamule, the road has now deteriorated to...
