The government will do everything in its power to avoid power outages, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said on Friday. “We do have long-term plans. Government remains resolute that the country should never go through another period...
South African municipal workers negotiating annual pay rises have reduced their demands to 11.5% from 15% but have made no “meaningful progress” in resolving an impasse with management, a major public sector union said on Monday. The...
KwaZulu-Natal motorists may have watched the unfolding disaster of Gauteng’s e-tolls from afar, but the problem of crumbling roads – and paying to build and maintain them – will hit much closer to home. Delivering his provincial transport budget...
Everyone needs water in sufficient quantity and portable quality to live a healthy life. The many uses of water are directly related to the economic, social mental and physical health of the world’s population. Almost two billion people drink water...
Financial market guru and acclaimed author Satyajit Das paints a gloomy future for global economics in which debt-ridden governments start raiding pension funds, living standards fall by 30% and food, energy and guns become the investments of...
The 55c a litre cut in the petrol price from Wednesday is a lost opportunity by the government to resolve the impasse around paying for the upgrading of Gauteng freeways, according to Econometrix. The authorities could have reduced the petrol price...
Dumping of sewage sludge near Phoenix outside Durban has caused air and water pollution while residents have complained about the bad smell. The sludge dumping takes place every day at the eThekwini Water and Sanitation purification plant which...
By 2025 half the world’s population will not have enough water to meet its needs, warns Rashad Kaldany, urging governments and the private sector to work on solutions, which he says, do exist. By the time you finish reading this article; at least...
Phase II of Lesotho Highlands water is expected to deliver 465 million cubic metres a year to South Africa by 2020. Lesotho’s election results this week have seen the country experiment with its first coalition government when business ties with...
This is the demolition of an old building in Braamfontein, Johannesburg to make way for a station for the Gautrain Project.
