Refuse removal services have resumed in the eThekwini Municipality with striking Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) employees returning to work on Tuesday. According to the municipality refuse removal services resumed after the Municipality...
The Department of Water and Sanitation met with AGRI-SA recently to discuss a way forward for the agricultural sector to deal with the challenges created by the debilitating drought engulfing the Western Cape. While the general consensus was that...
The eThekwini Municipality has cautioned residents, especially those in the outer West areas, to use water sparingly. This is as a result of the lower than normal supply of water to these areas according to the municipality. “An investigation is...
The Emfuleni Municipality’s failure to honour its payment arrangement with Rand Water has left residents high and dry amid a heatwave in Gauteng. Sowetan Live on Monday reported that water supply was reduced to some areas in the municipality after...
The City of Cape Town is implementing Level 6 water restrictions from January 2018 as part of its efforts to drive down water consumption and avoid Day Zero. The implementation of the latest water restrictions for the Western Cape water supply...
The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) has confirmed that clean-up operations at the site of last week’s horror train crash near Kroonstad in the Free State have been completed and services are expected to resume today. The IOL on Monday...
The City of Cape Town says it will host an urgent summit this month to address the current commuter rail crisis. The City will meet with role-players from the private sector, business leaders, and other interested and affected parties to devise...
The first shipment of vehicle assembly plant equipment for the new BAIC automotive manufacturing facility, currently under construction in the Coega Special Economic Zone, has arrived in Port Elizabeth. The R11 billion car plant – a joint...
The African Development Bank is supporting the $5 billion Nacala corridor rail and port project with a $300 million loan from its Private Sector Window. After years of financial structuring a signing ceremony in Maputo marked the formal signing of...
The eThekwini Municipality says despite recent rainfall, the current drought situation has worsened with water levels in some dams still critically low. The level of the Albert Falls Dam has been severely affected dropping further to 19.31%....
