Government will in the coming months expedite the implementation of at least 50 infrastructure projects with a total investment value of more than R340 billion. The fast-tracking of the projects forms part of the reconstruction and recovery of the...
Infrastructure News Round Up brings you all the latest news making headlines in infrastructure, water and waste management sectors, in just 90 seconds! This week we cover: Sisulu tackles corruption at water and sanitation departmentR554m set aside...
Failure by construction industry players to comply with Covid-19 hygiene regulations and protocols could lead to site shutdowns which the industry can ill afford. This is according to Databuild CEO Morag Evans. Evans asserts that these delays will...
As part of the Covid-19 tax relief, President Ramaphosa announced a carbon tax stimulus relief, which entails delaying the filing and first payment of carbon tax by three months. The relief defers the submission of annual carbon tax accounts and...
South African National Energy and Development Institute (SANEDI) is partnering with the Department of Defence (DoD) for a Water Treatment Works project at the SANDF Air Force Base in Hoedspruit in the Maruleng Municipality, Limpopo in light of...
Before Covid-19 became a global reality, few could have predicted a virus of this nature and the domino effect it would have on global economies. It follows, then that few existing contracts had appropriate provisions for the impact on contracts,...
The multi-disciplinary Port of Durban Decongestion Task Team continues to collaborate on efforts to alleviate congestion at the Port of Durban and its surrounding road networks. Among the solutions mooted are synchronising the operating hours of...
The levels of the Vaal Dam persist to plunge downwards as the country continues to slip deeper into the dry-winter season, prompting the Department of Water and Sanitation to call for behavioural change on the part of water consumers. Presently,...
The eradication of bucket toilets has been a thorn in the side of the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) for an extended period. The Bucket Eradication Programme (BEP) in the Free State started late in September 2013. The scope of the project...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is swinging the axe on officials who were involved in corrupt activities that led to irregular and wasteful expenditure amounting to R31 billion in the past ten years. This is according to statement issued by...
