Tanzania is one of 18 African countries that are expected to experience a serious shortage of water by 2025 due to failure to protect water sources. The same situation has rendered a number of African countries unable to meet their water...
Rapid urbanisation in the City of Tshwane put the sewer system in the eastern suburbs under considerable pressure. The City commissioned a major multi-phase project to upgrade the existing Moreleta Spruit Outfall Sewer System to meet current...
Of South Africa’s usable water yield, 98 % has already been allocated, with water demand likely to grow by 1 to 2 % in the next decade, which means that there is no great margin for error when planning for the future, according to Acting Water...
Africa faces rapid urbanisation and as its population continues to grow unabated, more and more people are moving to cities every single day. The situation is no different in Gauteng, with thousands of people flocking to Johannesburg and other...
Lafarge South Africa has announced the repositioning of the international Lafarge Group’s global master brand to reflect the increasing shift to urbanisation taking place throughout the world. The new brand signature ‘Building better cities’...
Pictured: Innovation in the building materials industry is of paramount importance. Concrete is no longer simply concrete, says Lafarge South Africa CEO, Thierry Legrand Urbanisation is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. In the...
The flooding experienced in the Southern Cape region during 2006 and 2007 resulted in significant damage to municipal infrastructure and private property. Rapid urbanisation, as well as the age, condition and capacity of the existing stormwater...
Urbanisation continues unabated with a stronger impetus in developing countries. According to Kobie Brand of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) in Cape Town, “With more than 60% of the world projected to be urban...
Durban – South Africa and the African continent would experience unprecedented levels of urbanisation in the next few decades which would present major challenges that governments and urban planners needed to be more aware of, Planning...
