When I was growing up in a village in Limpopo, I watched infrastructure change lives. Roads improved access to services. Water systems brought dignity and livelihood opportunities. Communities that once struggled without basic infrastructure began...
Climate change, rapid urbanisation, ageing infrastructure, and escalating demand are placing unprecedented pressure on water boards and metropolitan municipalities. To build resilience, South Africa must accelerate the adoption of smarter,...
South Africa’s water sector is under growing pressure to deliver efficiency, compliance, and resilience in the face of increasing scarcity and rising costs. Against this backdrop, Xylem’s launch of its Dissolved Air Flotation (DAF) solutions...
Transnet SOC Ltd. (“Transnet”) has reached a significant milestone in South Africa’s rail reform journey with the issuance of a Request for Proposals (RFP) to the two shortlisted bidders. This follows the successful conclusion of the Request for...
Hundreds of land activists took to the streets in Durban and Johannesburg on Friday to protest a proposed anti-land occupation law. Supporters of shack dweller movement Abahlali baseMjondolo (ABM) marched to the Gauteng Provincial Legislature and...
The escalating Lesedi Local Municipality’s (“LLM”) debt has prompted Rand Water to reduce the bulk potable water supply by 20% due to its failure to honour several scheduled payments. The decision to reduce water supply to the municipality follows...
South African Revenue Service (SARS) Commissioner Dr Johnstone Makhubu has announced that the 2026 tax filing season will commence on 1 July, starting with the auto assessment period. SARS will begin with an Auto Assessment period from 1 to 12 July...
Construction costs across the Western Cape are becoming increasingly unpredictable. Currency volatility, global supply chain disruptions, rising fuel prices and escalating logistics costs are creating uncertainty for contractors, developers,...
South Africa’s construction sector generates 130,000 jobs a quarter1 and is heading into a R1 trillion infrastructure cycle, but the businesses delivering the work still struggle to access the construction finance they need to mobilise...
Africans under 25 already make up 60% of the continent’s population. At this rate, by 2050, one in every four young people on earth will be African. The tools that generation builds with will shape the continent for decades. The pressure to...
