Infrastructure & Utilities Wallpost Africa

Lindsey Schutters
SOUTH AFRICA
#SIDSSA24: ISA tackles infrastructure lag, eyes private investment

Mameetse Masemola, head of Infrastructure South Africa, at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium
Mameetse Masemola, head of Infrastructure South Africa, at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium
[Lindsey Schutters] Infrastructure South Africa head Mameetse Masemola explains strategy, how they pick projects, and the importance of partnerships...

Posted 9 days ago | Like
Lindsey Schutters
SOUTH AFRICA
#SIDSSA24: Infrastructure symposium emphasises transformation

Minister Zikalala at the MOU signing on day 2 of SIDSSA
Minister Zikalala at the MOU signing on day 2 of SIDSSA
[Lindsey Schutters] The Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium features the launch of the Construction Book and the top 12 priority infrastructure projects...

Posted 9 days ago | Like
Lindsey Schutters
SOUTH AFRICA
#BudgetSpeech2024: R943bn for infrastructure and major reforms

Finance minister Enoch Godongwana introduced sweeping reforms to infrastructure financing.
Finance minister Enoch Godongwana introduced sweeping reforms to infrastructure financing.
[Lindsey Schutters] The 2024 budget speech unveiled ambitious plans to overhaul the country's infrastructure financing and delivery system...

Posted 1 month ago | Like
Roelof van den Berg
SOUTH AFRICA
Infrastructure investment is the key to reigniting economic growth

Roelof van der Berg, CEO of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation
Roelof van der Berg, CEO of the Gap Infrastructure Corporation
[Roelof van den Berg] Reason for optimism as SA infrastructure lays the foundation for future growth...

Posted 4 months ago | Like
Lindsey Schutters
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town heritage building balcony collapses, injuring 20

Source: Google Maps
Source: Google Maps
[Lindsey Schutters] The balcony on the Castle Street side of The Athletic & Social Club gave way, injuring 20 people who were transported to nearby hospitals...

Posted 4 months ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
How load shedding is threatening South Africa's water security

How load shedding is threatening South Africa's water security
[Sindy Peters] Ongoing load shedding is adding to our water woes, impacting the country's water infrastructure...

Posted 1 year ago | Like
Sindy Peters
AFRICA
#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari

#BehindtheBrandManager: Sonja Jansen van Rensburg, chief communications officer, Zutari
[Sindy Peters] In October 2019, the owners of Aurecon Africa decided to demerge from the global Aurecon business and set course for a purely African business focus...

Posted 2 years ago | Like
Jason McNeil
SOUTH AFRICA
Can waste-to-energy offer an OPEX reprieve for mines?

Can waste-to-energy offer an OPEX reprieve for mines?
[Jason McNeil] Despite the large impact mines have on the environment, mining is a significant contributor to the local economy from both a financial and employment perspective...

Posted 5 years ago | Like (1)
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
Could Antarctic icebergs be the solution to Cape Town's water crisis?

Could Antarctic icebergs be the solution to Cape Town's water crisis?
[Sindy Peters] The extensive drought in SA has brought to the fore many a creative solution...

Posted 5 years ago | Like
Andy Walker
SOUTH AFRICA
Cape Town's 'green' map reveals water usage per household

Cape Town's 'green' map reveals water usage per household
[Andy Walker] The City of Cape Town has this week made spying on friends, family or even neighbours' water usage habits even easier...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Siyabonga Mbanjwa
SOUTH AFRICA
Does South Africa's renewable energy plan signify progress or regression?

Does South Africa's renewable energy plan signify progress or regression?
[Siyabonga Mbanjwa] The energy industry breathed a huge sigh of relief recently when energy minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced that power purchase agreements (PPAs) for renewable energy from bid windows 3.5 and 4 will be signed by the end of October 2017...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#AUW2017: Trends shaping the future of utilities

Marius Oosthuizen, lecturer: strategic foresight (leadership, strategy & ethics) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
Marius Oosthuizen, lecturer: strategic foresight (leadership, strategy & ethics) at the Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS)
[Sindy Peters] Marius Oosthuizen, a lecturer in strategic foresight at GIBS, unpacked some of the trends shaping the future of utilities...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Sindy Peters
SOUTH AFRICA
#AUW2017: Why utilities need to build better brands

Thebe Ikalafeng, brand and reputation expert, at 2017 African Utility Week
Thebe Ikalafeng, brand and reputation expert, at 2017 African Utility Week
[Sindy Peters] The ever-vibrant and inspirational brand and reputation expert Thebe Ikalafeng delivered one of the keynote talks at the recently concluded 2017 African Utility Week...

Posted 6 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
[African Utility Week] Delivering energy solutions for African economies

[African Utility Week] Delivering energy solutions for African economies
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[Nicci Botha] The golden thread stitching together the keynote presentations on the second day of African Utility Week was undoubtedly the need to tap into Africa's vastly underutilised renewable energy resources to support the potential for economic growth and social upliftment...

Posted 8 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
[African Utility Week] Africa is open for business...

[African Utility Week] Africa is open for business...
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[Nicci Botha] Africa has the potential of becoming the energy powerhouse of the future and thereby going a long way to alleviating the poverty on the continent...

Posted 8 years ago | Like
Nicci Botha
SOUTH AFRICA
[African Utility Week] Eskom hopes to keep the lights on this winter

[African Utility Week] Eskom hopes to keep the lights on this winter
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[Nicci Botha] Eskom hopes to maintain its unbroken record over the years of not having to implement loadshedding during the winter months...

Posted 8 years ago | Like
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