# Johannesburg Water says the city is using about 200 megalitres more water per day than its supply target, putting pressure on the system. Speaking to ENCA, Manager Gugulethu Quma says daily demand is averaging one-thousand-700 to one-thousand-750 megalitres against a target of one-thousand-500 to one-thousand-550 megalitres. He says the City is conserving water in […]
# Freight groups South African Freight and Logistics Association and Road Freight Association calls for an urgent recovery plan to restore cargo flow at Durban Gateway Terminal after sustained disruption. RFA CEO Gavin Kelly says July vessels averaged 80-hours at anchorage, throughput fell 26-percent after the August NAVIS N4 cutover, and port call times more […]
# Motorists should expect traffic disruptions in Fourways on Friday, 28 August, due to a Johannesburg Metro Police Department’s Women’s Month Awareness Walk. Spokesperson Xolani Fihla says the walk is planned from 10:00 to 12:00 with about 300 participants. The route starts at Uranium Park on Uranium Street, left onto Winnie Mandela Drive, past Pieter […]
# South African coal producers are increasingly investing in renewable energy to cut costs and reduce emissions. Exxaro Resources, through its subsidiary Cennergi, is targeting one-thousand-600-megawatts of installed renewable capacity by 2030. Its 68-megawatt solar plant at Grootegeluk Mine in Limpopo has cut grid reliance by 30-percent, saving about 100-million-rand annually. Meanwhile, Thungela Resources is […]
# Die Suid-Afrikaanse Weerdiens het ‘n Geel Vlak 2-waarskuwing uitgereik vir skadelike wind langs die Wes-Kaapse kus. Die gevaarlike toestande sal na verwagting vanmiddag ooswaarts na Plettenbergbaai versprei. ‘n Woordvoerder vir die Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit, Cornelle Carstens-Johnston, sê die sterk wind kan navigasie bemoeilik en klein hawens en strandaktiwiteite ontwrig:
# The South African Weather Service has issued a Yellow Level 2 warning for damaging winds along the Western Cape coast today. The hazardous conditions are expected to spread eastwards towards Plettenberg Bay during the afternoon. Mossel Bay Municipality spokesperson, Cornelle Carstens-Johnston, says the strong winds could make navigation difficult and disrupt small harbours, ports and […]
# Wydverspreide vloede in Suid-China vererger te midde van swaar reën weens Tifoon Narra, met huise en winkels wat oorstroom is. Chinese staatstelevisie berig meer as 54-duisend mense in Guangxi is ontruim, met minstens nog 15-duisend mense in die stad Chongzuo, nadat riviervlakke die vorige rekord van 2008 oorskry het. Owerhede het ondernemings en toeristebedrywighede […]
# Widespread flooding caused by heavy rain from Typhoon Narra has intensified across southern China, with homes and shops submerged. Chinese state television reports more than 54-thousand people have been relocated in Guangxi. In the city of Chongzuo, more than 15-thousand people were evacuated after river levels exceeded a record set in 2008. Authorities have […]
# Verskeie Johannesburgse voorstede ondervind droë krane na ‘n kragonderbreking by Rand Water se Eikenhof-pompstasie. Johannesburg Water sê die pomp van water is gister herstel, maar die toevoer is nog nie op volle vermoë nie. Voorstede wat geraak word, sluit in Randburg, Roodepoort en Crown Gardens, en die Commando-stelsel wat Brixton, Hursthill en Crosby bedien. […]
