A dumping site in Salt River, Cape Town is unrecognizable these days after it has been turned into a community food garden. The founder of UK NGO, Progress London, says the life-changing project was made a reality because of funding from...
The Gauteng Provincial Government will in the next five years spend R60 billion on building and maintaining infrastructure. This will contribute to the creation of an additional 100 000 jobs, and facilitate the development of 50 black...
President Cyril Ramaphosa told Parliament last week that investors, including the finance industry, had responded enthusiastically to government’s renewed commitment to investing in infrastructure. Ramaphosa was replying to the...
There is a direct link between the stability of an economy and ongoing development – and currently the local construction and property industries are undeniably experiencing a lull due to reduced expenditure by government on large scale...
Billions of rand worth of government projects are on hold because of interference from the so-called construction mafia, according to the president’s head of investment infrastructure team, Kgosientso Ramokgopa. “Tens of billions of...
While Eskom previously said load-shedding would continue for 18 months, Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe yesterday told Parliament that it’s expected to continue for a minimum of two years. However mining and energy advisor Ted Blom, says...
Huge sums of money are spent developing world-class geosynthetic materials, but often insufficient care is taken during the installation of these products. Construct 3 Technologies’ unique Geo-Q software provides complete control over the process,...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation Minister Lindiwe Sisulu has told Parliament that her department is on top of South Africa’s water crisis. “We want to assure the House that we have spent time putting together a response to our problem....
Nelson Mandela Bay’s water department is said to have enlisted the help of the Japanese and a team of engineers to help with the city’s water leaks. According to Herald Live, at a budget and treasury committee meeting, infrastructure and...
In an official letter to the Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, TLU SA strongly objected to an announcement on the installation of obligatory water measuring devices for irrigation farmers. The notice was published in...
