The Vaal water system is not only the lifeblood of Gauteng, it is one of the most strategic water assets in the country, on this African continent and a water management area of global significance...
While inflation seems to be steadily increasing, the sharp April rise to 4.4% from 3.2% in March has largely been driven by transport costs and food prices...
Andy Du Plessis 15 Jun 2021
Professor of Plant Breeding Maryke Labuschagne is working with a group of more than 20 African PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to improve the...
The announcement that the threshold for self-generation power project licences would be lifted for projects generating up to 100MW of power is positive news for South Africa...
Kieran Whyte 11 Jun 2021
Cloetesville Primary School in Stellenbosch has become SA's first school to receive an Electrical Performance Certificate (EPC)...
Necessity breeds innovation, and this was certainly the case during Cape Town's 2017/18 drought when dam levels reached alarming levels...
Sindy Peters 10 Jun 2021
In 1938, French colonial authorities in what is today Mali started on an ambitious infrastructure plan to transform the desert into an area of agricultural production...
Tom Higginbottom, Roshan Adhikari and Timothy Foster 10 Jun 2021
The African Development Bank's new policy on water prioritises water security and the transformation of water assets to foster sustainable, green and inclusive economic growth...
South Africa's Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) has raised just over R15bn in capital markets to continue construction of the Lesotho Highlands water project...
Wendell Roelf 26 May 2021
After good summer rains, the dams that supply water to Johannesburg and much of South Africa's economic heartland are full...
Mike Muller 25 May 2021
When Sidney Beukes got his bus driver's licence, he never imagined himself behind the wheel of a 40-year-old school bus that has been turned into a mobile grocery store...
Kim Harrisberg 25 May 2021
At False Bay TVET College, whose campuses are located in some of the most vulnerable communities of Cape Town, it has become clear that the student population is deeply affected by the increased levels of poverty and unemployment sparked by the pandemic...
False Bay College 24 May 2021
This International Day for Biological Diversity, we need to recognise ourselves as a part of the planet's story...
Amy Pieterse, Ginkgo Agency 21 May 2021
UBU International is proud to be joining forces with Paarl Boys' High School to use the Paarl Boys' High Wallet to help support the Back-a-Boishaaier campaign...
UBU International 18 May 2021
