Johannesburg’s hope for growth and investment is being strangled by administrative failure. Developments across the City are being delayed or abandoned because the City’s digital planning systems have become unreliable – crippling approvals,...
Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi says the preparations the provincial government and municipalities have taken ahead of the G20 Leaders’ Summit, will serve as a springboard to accelerate service delivery. The Premier was briefing the media on the...
The annual IWMSA Landfill and Waste Treatment Conference (LaWTiG), this year, hosted by the Kwa-Zulu-Natal branch, brought voices from national and local government, engineers, scientists, and waste management practitioners together for an...
The South African Human Rights Commission has stated that water tanker mafia damage to water infrastructure should be treated as terrorism in terms of the Protection of the Constitutional Democracy Against Terrorist and Related Activities Amendment...
Rand Water’s Water Wise is rolling out its Drop-by-Drop Water Conservation Outreach project in the townships of Soweto, Alexandra and Tembisa – areas identified as having particularly high water consumption. South Africa faces a growing water...
Unemployment and poverty are major challenges for South Africa, and while relatively new, the circular economy offers tangible economic benefits and capitalises on the entrepreneurial spirit of South Africa. For Taking Care of Business, TCB, a...
The rapid rise in the global population, coinciding with the manufacturing, mining, processing and demand for consumer goods, has placed additional pressure on waste management. Whilst there is an ongoing effort to divert waste, both municipal and...
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation commends the swift action undertaken by the City of Tshwane (CoT), the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) together with the National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) in response to the incidents...
South Africa faces an escalating water crisis driven by infrastructure decay, under-investment and fiscal constraints. National non-revenue water averages 47% and, according to a joint World Bank and Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) study...
Securing finance for infrastructure projects require contracts that give lenders certainty on risk, cost and timelines. While JBCC is widely used in South African building works, it can fall short for bankable deals. Kirsten Kelly speaks to Fasken...
