South Africa: Lesotho Highlands Water Project Contractor Suspended for Polluting Rivers

South Africa: Lesotho Highlands Water Project Contractor Suspended for Polluting Rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

Lesotho Highlands Water Project contractor suspended for polluting rivers

1,400 workers sent home as work on 38km tunnel stalls

KZN public works boss in firing line for hiring unqualified staff

The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure in KwaZulu-Natal has suspended another senior official and levelled several accusations against him. It has suspended Sikhumbuzo Shabangu, a director in the office of the Head of Department (HoD). The suspension was communicated to him in a letter dated May 13, which was signed off by the acting HoD, Dr Vish Govender. Suspended with full pay His suspension is with full pay pending an investigatio…

After detecting a spill of blue liquid in the Arroyo Topo Chico; the Ministry of the Environment in the State suspended yesterday the company Pyosa Industrias. Inspectors of the Office of the Attorney General of the Environment came to the plant, located in the municipality of Monterrey, finding that the water came from the site. In the place, after a tour of the interior and exterior, they imposed the measure of total suspension of activities a…