Many civil engineers construct buildings and design infrastructures. Allison Goodwell, PhD, is not your average civil engineer. She has her sights set on a little-known area of engineering; ecohydrology and information theory. Ecohydrology involves studying the movement of water among…
UMzimvubu water catchment project put on hold
Communities in the Eastern Cape were filled with great optimism when government officials announced that plans to build two multipurpose dams; Ntabelanga and Laleni, along the Tsitsa River – a tributary of the UMzimvubu, were well under way. The R20…
Road safety program hailed as a step towards the right direction
The 2nd Road Safety Leadership Program organized by the Africa Transport Policy Program, in collaboration with the African Development Bank, kicked off at the Bank’s Headquarters in Abidjan last week on 4th February and ended on the 8th of February….
School bridge collapse raises maintenance plan questions
Last week on Friday morning, the entire country was startled by tragic news in one of the most fatal building collapse incidents in our schooling history, that happened at Driehoek High School, Vanderbijlpark. Four pupils died on the scene of…