The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) is rolling out a massive re-cabling project to reduce traffic light faults around the city. Through the No-Joints Policy, which was introduced in March, the JRA has successfully re-cabled 30 of the 200...
Informal waste pickers in Gauteng will receive training through Gauteng’s new Waste Recycler’s Project, to incorporate them into the professional waste industry. They will also receive motorized three-wheeler vehicles worth one-hundred...
Mpumalanga Premier David Mabuza has ordered all government departments who still owe municipalities to settle their accounts. “This provincial government must pay every municipality they owe; we should not be part of the problem,” Premier Mabuza...
The Department of Public Works is calling on the construction industry to embrace innovative technologies that promote energy efficiency. Commenting after a recent visit to Agrément South Africa, located at the CSIR buildings in Pretoria Public...
The eThekwini Municipality has set aside R576 million to repair infrastructure damaged by the mega storm which swept through the province earlier this month. The Executive Committee approved a report at a meeting held on Monday outlining the...
The Department of Water and Sanitation is cracking down on the unlawful use of water through sand mining in KwaZulu-Natal. Private companies and individuals have been identified as the main culprits. A stakeholder engagement discussing the...
The City of Cape Town could run out of water by March, next year. That’s according to the city’s mayor, Patricia de Lille. Currently the dams are standing at 27 percent usable water. Residents of the metro have been warned to reduce...
The City of Cape Town announced on Monday that it would be implementing water rationing as part of its drought management efforts aimed at driving down water consumption to the required levels. The intervention is likely to result in water supply...
The Gauteng Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, together with the Ekurhuleni Metro, have donated 50 waste-collecting scooters to waste pickers in Tembisa. The initiative, which is in line with the Gauteng Transformation Modernisation...
Organic waste could be the answer to tackling the global problem of rising levels of waste and depleted resources, according to multinational professional services firm Arup. Globally the construction industry is one of the largest users of raw...
