Most of the increasing number of alternative building technologies on offer now to help reduce the increasing backlog of housing in South Africa are essentially concrete systems. This is according to Adéle de Lange, human settlements technical...
September 2012: South Africa will run dry by 2050, should no action be taken to conserve water. It is pertinent that the key players in South Africa’s food industry implement strict water saving measures through the use of water recycling, to help...
Sanitation will take centre stage in government’s infrastructure build programme, Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale told Parliament on Friday. Tabling a summary of the long-awaited report of the Ministerial Sanitation Task Team (MSST)...
The opportunities for South African companies in Mozambique lay in servicing the burgeoning infrastructure, mining, agro-processing and port development industries, Rand Merchant Bank business development director Tshepidi Moremong said on...
Fifty-five thousand eight hundred and thirty work opportunities were created during the 2011/12 financial year across all spheres of government in all sectors of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) in the North West Province. The milestone...
So that’s it then. The South African government has begun to take serious action against corrupt municipalities. In trying to salvage the final bits of local government integrity, the government has begun to drench some corrupt municipalities...
South Africa’s BRICS membership remains crucial for the country’s economic development and that of the continent, International Relations and Cooperation Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane said last Tuesday. She defended South...
First National Bank (FNB) of Namibia is eager to partner with low-cost housing providers for the construction of houses in the country, which are currently in real short supply. The latest housing index released by FNB last month indicated that...
Eskom denied planning to retrench 17 000 contract workers at its Medupi power plant in Limpopo. “This is not correct,” said spokeswoman Hilary Joffe, last Tuesday. “There are currently more than 17 000 workers on site at Medupi...
With the cost of energy skyrocketing, many people are turning to things like solar to shave their power bills. But you do not have to spend a lot of money to make a difference. Money reporter Stacy Johnson explains how little things can make a big...
