Pump selection is crucial to ensuring that the farmer’s irrigation design layout meets the precise requirements for the crop and optimises irrigation efficiency. These requirements are satisfied if the pump matches the irrigation system, flow...
Drought conditions are being experiences across the country due to prolonged lower-than-normal rainfall since the beginning of the year, and this has led to water shortages in a number of public water supply schemes or dams. Briefing media in...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has called on citizens to use water sparingly and responsibly because climate change has exacerbated the drought situation in the country. Briefing media in Johannesburg on Sunday, the Minister also...
Climate change, slow economic growth, and a disproportionate reliance on mineral resources pose significant threats to sustainability. By adopting the idea of a circular economy, the effects of these challenges could be mitigated or even overcome....
The Harry Gwala District Municipality has announced major water restrictions as the drought intensifies in KwaZulu-Natal. Ixopo dam has become the latest to reach a critically low level of 30% and necessary restrictions in the distribution of water...
The Department of Labour will launch a formal inquiry to establish what exactly led to the M1 bridge collapse earlier this month where two people lost their lives and 19Â were injured. According to a report by TimesLIVE the department’s chief...
South African logistics group Transnet said it would not cut spending on infrastructure expansion for the next ten years budgeted at R336 billion, its acting chief executive said Thursday. “We are not cutting capital, at the end of the day we...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS), together with the Ngaka Modiri District Municipality and Sedibeng Water Board will roll out a R70 million bulk water supply project. This project aims to address the lack of water supply in the...
A construction worker has been critically injured after a four-metre fall at a construction site in Manyeleti Street in Temba, Gauteng paramedics said. “Netcare 911 paramedics arrived at the scene and found the man lying on the ground in a...
