Water and wastewater tariffs around the world have gone up by 3.91% on average across 385 cities between July 2016 and July 2017 according to the Global Water Intelligence’s 2017 Global Water Tariff Survey. This average equates to more than two...
Buffalo City Municipality has rolled out over 20 free Wi-Fi hotspots in public places around the City as a pilot project. Access points have been installed around the CBD, Libraries and Civic Centres across the Metro with access initially...
The Pixley Ka Seme and Namaqua District Municipalities were recently declared disaster areas due to the ongoing drought that has left large parts of the Northern Cape Province dry. According to the Department of Water and Sanitation’s (DWS) weekly...
FAW Vehicle Manufacturers SA recently celebrated the production of its 3000th locally built vehicle. The milestone, according to the manufacturer, is a testament to how FAW has stepped up its expansion plans for the South African market. “FAW SA...
Global engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Aurecon took top honours at the 2017 SAICE Awards scooping three awards. The firm was awarded the “Transportation Engineering Award” for the role it played in the construction of the Siphofaneni...
The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has invested more than R30 billion on public infrastructure projects in the last three years. Addressing the Gauteng Trade and Investment Conference and Exhibition on Wednesday, Roads and Transport MEC...
South African Airways (SAA) will receive a further R4.8 billion from government by March next year according to Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. The 2017 Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) tabled on Wednesday states that government has...
Government is set to appoint a new board for power utility Eskom according to Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba. Tabling the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) in Parliament on Wednesday, Minister Gigaba said the new board will be appointed...
A mandate paper proposed by government will see programmes that are misaligned with the National Development Plan (NDP) cut in order to strengthen the alignment of the national budget. The announcement was made by Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba on...
The City of Tshwane recently bagged the first prize in the 2017 National Arbor City Awards held by the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The city received prize was awarded in recognition for the successful Arbor month programme...
