The decline and fall – one in five municipalities in a state of collapse
by Jordan Griffiths, First published by The Daily Maverick on 06 October 2020.
THE collapse of a local municipality is easy to spot. The first warning signs...
HD-1500 mobile robot with 1 500 kg payload capacity
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OMRON has announced the launch of the HD-1500, the strongest and latest addition to the company’s...
Partnership improves concrete floor quality
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Option of electronic voting in South Africa being “investigated”
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Making biodiesel from dirty old cooking oil just got way easier
by RMIT University (formerly known as Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and Melbourne Technical College).
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Researchers have developed...
New rough terrain crane
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Stor-Age and Equites healthy
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Day Zero could come again for Cape Town
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Advanced hoist and crane technology
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Safe, lightweight walkways for mine rescue drill
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