• Jul, 08th 2019
• 269
• Good News,Water
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Rain, rain and more rain. Follow most conversations on the West Coast of late and the subject of rain is sure to come up. You might hear things like, “We got some rain in June...” and “Looks like there might be more on the way”.  You mi

• Oct, 27th 2016
• 321
• DTI,Gas,IDZ,Oil,Water
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Transnet National Ports Authority / MEDIA STATEMENT / Transnet National Ports Authority said it had built flexibility into the tender specifications for Operation Phakisa new build projects at its ports in order to meet the current economic climate

• Jul, 18th 2013
• 262
• Water
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Cape Town - While the City of Cape Town has been working on salvaging what is left of nudist beach Sandy Bay, the beach is only one of many along the Western Cape coastline that is quickly losing sand and disappearing into the ocean. The construct

• Jul, 24th 2012
• 293
• Water
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State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has ordered a new tugboat and pilot boat for South Africa’s largest natural deep-water port – Saldanha – in the Western Cape. TNPA, a division of Transnet, awarded preferred bidder status to

• May, 24th 2012
• 268
• Iron Ore,Water
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A remarkable transport/engineering feat is happening on the Sishen/Saldanha iron ore export effort which now literally has wheels in motion for far-reaching results, especially so for Saldanha’s ore export project. Last month Transnet Freight Ra

• Mar, 03rd 2012
• 324
• Gas,IDZ,Iron Ore,Oil,Water,Wind
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The Western Cape Government's mid-term review has shown us how far we've come, but also the enormous tasks that lie ahead. As your government, we want to partner with you so that we can fast track our goal of becoming an open, opportunity society for

• Oct, 25th 2011
• 225
• Headlines,IDZ,Water,Wind
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Wesgro CEO Nils Flaatten believes that the Saldanha Bay Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) will have a positive effect not only on the Saldanha Bay area but the Western Cape as a whole. Monday saw the release of the Saldanha Bay Industrial Developmen

• Oct, 25th 2011
• 230
• Headlines,IDZ,Oil,Water,Wind
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A feasibility study into the creation of South Africa’s fifth industrial development zone (IDZ), at Saldanha Bay, in the Western Cape, estimates that the development could yield between 4 240 and 8 930 direct jobs over a 25-year period and add betw

• Oct, 21st 2011
• 324
• Gas,Headlines,Oil,Water
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Global consultancy Deloitte says South Africa’s geographical proximity to the expanding West African oilfields, together with its deep-water harbours and its engineering expertise, offered favourable conditions for a material expansion of the count

• Sep, 22nd 2011
• 270
• Gas,Headlines,Oil,Water
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Africa Pipe Industries (API) CEO John-Gordon Jansen van Nieuwenhuizen started planning his Sasolburg pipe plant in 2010, with the first project rolling off-line in January this year. He estimates the plant’s first year of turnover will be betw

• Sep, 18th 2011
• 234
• Gas,Headlines,Iron Ore,Oil,Water,Wind
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The head of South Africa’s national ports authority has pledged to adopt a far more “activist” approach to the development of harbour infrastructure and terminal capacity “ahead of demand” and to do so in partnership with private sector inv

• Aug, 26th 2011
• 208
• Headlines,Water,Wind
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SA’s abundant sea waves have the potential to provide more than just a good surf. Wave energy — electricity generated from the movement of waves — could provide a cheap and sustainable form of renewable energy. But it’s early days. Oelsner