Construction site invasions by business forums in KwaZulu-Natal have become a problem that has brought the building industry to its knees. This is according to the Association of SA Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS). Outgoing president Yunus Bayat told...
The Kouga municipality in the Eastern Cape has started construction on South Africa’s first plastic road. Local civil engineering and construction companies will team up with Scottish firm, MacRebur, to build a 1km stretch of plastic road. However,...
The Democratic Alliance has released a statement in which they warn South Africans about the new Administrative Adjudication of Road Traffic Offences Amendment Act (AARTO) laws. The laws will see drivers fined up to R500 if they do not pay for the...
Transport Minister Fikile Mbalula has assured the taxi industry that he would meet with them to address concerns over the revised taxi recapitalisation programme. Mbalula launched the revised plan on Friday. It offers operators R140,000 to...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) joined the South African Human Rights Commission (SAHRC) last week to present a report on the state of water quality in Hammanskraal, north of Pretoria. This comes after the residents approached the...
Cape Town’s water crisis got so bad last year that the city was just 90 days away from turning off the taps. A year on, the South African city’s dams are now over 80% full, water use restrictions have been relaxed and Day Zero – the point at which...
Microplastics contained in drinking water pose a “low” risk to human health at current levels, but more research is needed to reassure consumers. This is according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Studies over the past year on...
Over three million people in South Africa don’t have access to basic water supply services. Over a hundred villages in Limpopo are currently without water. Water and Sanitation Minister, Lindiwe Sisulu, has directed Lepelle Northern Water to...
There’s disagreement over the quality of water in Hammanskraal, with the City of Tshwane insisting it’s safe to drink. But the Human Rights Commission told residents at a community meeting, that it isn’t. The HRC says it intervened...
South Africa’s dam levels have risen to nearly 70%, a sign that large parts of the country will not relapse to the dry conditions that it experienced four years ago during the drought. However, statistics show that the average levels have dropped...
