Transport Minister Dipuo Peters, released this statement on interventions to address road carnage in SA. Introduction Since my appointment to the Department of Transport just over a month ago, I have had several opportunities to be briefed on...
Carbon footprints and escalating energy costs have led Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies, a subsidiary of the global Veolia Water (represented locally by Veolia Water Solutions & Technologies South Africa), to develop an innovative...
Municipalities and other local authorities must see to it that private corporations don’t threaten people’s access to affordable, sufficient, safe and clean water, writes Dr Khulekani Moyo. Access to safe water is essential to maintain a healthy...
The Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs has on Wednesday, 11 September 2013, made a public statement challenging recent media reports that the new water review policy “was aimed at taking water from farmers.” The Minister emphasised that...
Progress on the construction of the Balfour railway line will be inspected by President Jacob Zuma on Friday, 20 September before he officially re-opens the Grootvlei Power Station in Balfour. The Balfour railway line is intended to ferry coal to...
Rand Water chairman in Professor Jannie Maree has received a United States patent for an acid mine water treatment process. “The magnesium-barium-hydroxide (MBO) process, which removes metals and sulphate from mine water, offered South Africa a...
South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has defended a bonus it awarded to its CEO Nazir Alli stating his job is far wider than managing just e-tolling. Questions have been raised about R2-billion of “irregular spending” in...
IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, and the National Housing Finance Corporation of South Africa have announced investments of more than US$63 million in International Housing Solutions’ IHS Fund II, which will support the development of...
By Brian Dames, CEO of Eskom Eskom has learnt some painful lessons over the past few years during our first massive expansion programme in 20 years and the largest ever undertaken in South Africa. It would be hard to overstate the size of the...
