Utility companies across the country are constantly under pressure to sustain and improve their services. It is understandable, therefore, that firms like water and sanitation companies constantly send out warnings of discontinuation of their...
According to a recent report by charities, Gaza’s only source of fresh water is contaminated with fertiliser and human waste. The water and waste infrastructure in Gaza has been slowly deteriorating for years now. War damage, political conflict and...
Residents of Carolina in Mpumalanga are taking the government to court after six months of waiting for their municipal water supply to be cleaned. The problems for Carolina started in January, when heavy rains culminated in 82mm falling in two...
Over the next 20 years, businesses will be exposed to hundreds of environmental and social changes that could bring both risks and opportunities in the search for sustainable growth. In KPMG’s recent report Expect the Unexpected: Building Business...
The West Coast District Municipality is getting to grips with the management of the coastal zone in a sustainable and integrated way by appointing consulting engineers and scientists to assess the current situation and propose a strategy going...
Extensive work in outlining the worldwide asbestos problem and putting it in its proper perspective has been performed by public health officials, medical researchers and regulatory authorities. Moreover, some of the most comprehensive and unbiased...
Roughly the size of Umhlanga, the multi-billion-rand Cornubia low-cost housing development is slowly taking shape on the hills of sugar cane fields north of Durban. However, it’s not all smooth sailing for the massive development. The hilly terrain...
Human Settlements Minister Tokyo Sexwale unveiled a R300 million high-rise housing project in Welkom, Free State province on Wednesday. The project is a partnership between the government and the private sector, in response to the minister’s...
The municipality of eThekwini has received a government award for housing delivery, even though only half the homes it had targeted had been built last year. The award by the Department of Human Settlements also came despite an audit earlier this...
If the SA National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) could not pay its debt due to opposition to e-tolls for the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project, borrowing by other parastatals could be jeopardised, Transnet chief executive Brian Molefe cautioned...
