City of Cape Town Backyard Essential Service Improvement Programme Leading South African engineering consulting firm GIBB will bring light into the lives of thousands of informal settlers with the “Backyard Essential Service Improvement Programme”....
African heads of state have prioritised tackling infrastructure bottlenecks to enable intra-Africa investment to happen in a bid to boost the continent’s growth. President Jacob Zuma says this commitment was made at the African Union Summit that...
Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 2 will over the next four months undergo protection of seabed erosion and the quay wall resulting in the outage of two berths on the South Quay namely 108 and 109. During this period, calling vessels will be...
Trade and Industry Minister, Dr Rob Davies, said the signing into law of the bill by President Jacob Zuma was a significant step towards streamlining the monitoring and evaluation of empowerment. The bill enhances and amends the B-BBEE Act No 53 of...
A three year contract for warehousing and distribution services has been awarded to Imperial Retail Logistics by Colgate-Palmolive. The Imperial Logistics group is undertaking the national warehousing, primary and secondary distribution of...
Two of South Africa’s key challenges – road safety and HIV awareness – united under a single initiative to improve the health of those tasked with driving long hours on the road and who typically have limited access to healthcare facilities and...
Umvoto Africa, specialists in water, energy and earth sciences has got another boost with Richard Wonnacott, a geodesy specialist, joining the company as an Associate. The field of geodesy deals with the measurement and representation of the earth,...
A new research chair, sponsored by the East Rand Water Care Company (ERWAT) will focus on innovation in water research, as well as upping water treatment and management skills in the water sector. The ERWAT Chair in Wastewater Management will be...
President Jacob Zuma says well-functioning infrastructure is critical for Africa to achieve its full potential in terms of economic growth. The African Union (AU) has identified meeting the demand for infrastructure as a priority. African leaders...
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi says the country’s infrastructure deficit is the result of the absence of long-term low-interest financing. According to Sanusi, countries worldwide usually provide this...
