Loadshedding is not going away any time soon and Cape Town is trying to adapt as best it can. Professor Thinus Booysen of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering …
The internet of things (IoT) market is rapidly expanding as a result of the substantial demand for smart metering and control, asset tracking, remote monitoring, and several other applications necessary …
Carbon dioxide production is a universal biological indicator of respiration and is a parameter indicative of life, often harnessed as an indicator of ecosystem health. Following a similar bird’s-eye-view, Kroukamp …
It is no secret that electrical energy is a scarce commodity, especially in many developing countries that struggle to meet the ever-increasing energy demands. In Sub-Saharan Africa, approximately 600 million …
In recent decades, engineering education has become increasingly complex due to, amongst others, shifts in curricula aligned to more holistic graduate competencies, staggering technological developments and globalisation. The challenge of …
From 2016 to 2018 the Western Cape province of South Africa experienced what was believed to be the worst drought in a century and was declared a disaster area. In …
Water sustains life, and nowhere is our dependence on it clearer than in large cities in drought-stricken areas. According to the World Health Organization, half of the world’s population will …
The operation of water heating uses a substantial amount of energy and is responsible for 30-40% of a household’s overall electricity consumption. It is therefore crucial for countries such as …
Paratransit in Africa’s developing countries differs substantially from that of developed countries, from its inception to its vehicle types to its operations. Minibus taxi public transport is a seemingly chaotic …
South Africa’s public (non-private) schools face many challenges, especially budgetary constraints, and even more so for schools in the lower four of the five affluence quintiles. These budgetary constraints are …
