Researchers from South Africa scooped at least five awards at this week’s International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID) conference held in Marseille, France. The ICID awards recognise innovative work…
City Power anticipates the restoration of electricity supply by Tuesday, next week. This is after Monday’s explosion, following four fires, this year. Technical teams continue with equipment installation and associated…
The number of informal structures gutted by a fire in Philippi, is still unknown. This follows a huge fire, which left families homeless, on Thursday evening. The Animal Welfare Society…
Three men lost their lives in an incident suspected to be related to chemicals on a farm near Herold’s Bay on Tuesday, this week. Lee-Anne Meiring, Director of Community Safety…
Temporary bypasses are being built along Meiringspoort between De Rust and Klaarstroom, to allow the N12 to be reopened by early 2027. About 21km of the N12 through Meiringspoort between…
Authorities suspect an incendiary device was possibly thrown at a double storey building, in Durban, sparking a fire which later burnt both the upper and lower floors, on Wednesday evening.…
There was another explosion at the Central Substation, in Johannesburg, on Wednesday evening. This is just a day after the station caught fire for the fourth time this year. Isaac…
The Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (CoGTA) wants an increase in investment in disaster prevention and preparedness, to protect communities from the growing impact of climate change and…
The 27.4km Humansdorp–Hankey Road was reopened on Wednesday, following damage from floods, about 20 months ago. Xolile Nqatha, MEC of the Eastern Cape’s Department of Transport, officiated the reopening. Nqatha…
Michael Madala Shingange is the newly elected President of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu). Susan Khumalo is the first Deputy President and Mbali Blose (the second Deputy…
