In order to ensure punctuality of safai karamcharis, the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has distributed 28 biometric machines among the sanitation contractors. The contractors have further allotted these machines to supervisors. The...
British multinational banking firm, the HSBC Group has launched a five-year $100 million water programme and selects Ghana to be one of the beneficiary countries of the project. The investment is to help transform the lives of more than 1 million...
At least 20% of Gauteng residents are dissatisfied with the services provided by the provincial government, including electricity, water, sanitation and roads, Premier Nomvula Mokonyane said. Mokonyane said a 2011-12 survey of nearly 17 000 Gauteng...
Residents of Mncitsini in the Maseyisini constituency risk their lives and illegally cross a border line, separating Swaziland from South Africa, to draw water from a South African dam. Due to the scarcity of water at Mncitsini, residents are left...
Administrators at the Bolgatanga Municipal Assembly have thrown cleanliness to the dogs with a flimsy excuse that the assembly lacked funds to evacuate the overflowing refuse containers. Filth is gradually engulfing the municipality which was...
“Welcome — You are entering Jombe village, Turatea sub-district, Jeneponto district, preparing to be a faeces-free zone,” reads the yellow banner above the gate to Jombe village in South Sulawesi. Visitors cannot miss the banner, which...
With inspiration from a friend too lazy to take a shower and a few months of research on the internet, South African university student Ludwick Marishane has won global recognition for an invention that takes the water out of bathing. Marishane, a...
Tshwane Metro has dismissed as a hoax reports that striking municipal workers have pumped sewage into water reservoirs. They urged residents to ignore SMSs doing the rounds alleging that their drinking water was unsafe. Spokesman Nomasonto Ndlovu...
Basil Read recently acquired three Volvo PL4608 pipe layers from the Babcock International Group, effectively making it the owner of the largest fleet of Volvo pipe layers in Africa. Babcock is a key supplier to the material handling, road...
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba has been tasked with fixing South Africa’s lumbering parastatals. Although he has held the position for more than 18 months, eight of the major public entities do not have a permanent CEO. Among...
