“Ingula is a significant part of our massive infrastructure development programme,” said President Jacob Zuma on visiting the Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme, located in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, recently. Construction of the 1.368 MW scheme is...
Caption: Aveng chairman Angus Band About 100 000 jobs had been lost in the civil construction industry in South Africa since its peak in 2008, Aveng said yesterday. It stressed that the medium-term outlook for the construction sector would be...
While the financial crisis deepens in other parts of the world, the African growth story has just begun, but it’s not clear what role SA will play. The narrative on South Africa has been souring rapidly and when The Economist displayed the...
Dealing with issues of globilisation and urbanisation Business Unity South Africa Vice President Dean Mogale says that the country cannot afford the mistakes that it is making in terms of the infrastructure challenges. “The construction industry is...
The disclosure by Census 2011 that more people are moving to the Western Cape and Gauteng as a result of urbanisation is cause for concern, avers Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) CEO Graham Pirie. “It brings new dynamics into play in terms...
A call for national unity accompanied the presentation of the massive infrastructural spending the presidency will coordinate over the next few years. In his address to the presidential infrastructure investment conference in Sandton on Friday,...
Company Profile Established in 1910, Sika is a global supplier of speciality chemical products serving construction and industrial markets. Sika South Africa started trading in 1988. As a “multi-domestic” company, Sika places the needs...
The North West provincial legislature’s portfolio committee on public works yesterday resolved to call on Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi and Transport Minister Ben Martins to take over running the province’s public works, roads and transport...
Pretoria — Cabinet, at its three-day Lekgotla this week, agreed to include a new Strategic Integrated Project (SIP) on water and sanitation as part of government’s infrastructure plan. “The Lekgotla agreed to a new SIP on water and...
