A clean-up campaign along Hout Bay Beach in Cape Town will take place this weekend in honour of World Environment Day on Monday. The coastal clean-up will be facilitated by Coca-Cola Peninsula Beverages (CCPB) and Clean C, an environmental coastal...
By Rianté Naidoo A trip to the Northern Wastewater Treatment Works in Johannesburg took centre stage at Knight Piésold’s job shadowing day on Tuesday.  The initiative, which was started by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), sees consulting...
R44 billion has been allocated for infrastructure development over the next three years by the Gauteng provincial government. Another R94 billion has been allocated by provincial municipalities and will be spent over the next five years. The...
Africa’s infrastructure update was recently addressed at the World Economic Forum and a panel experts in the global industry looked at what makes large scale infrastructure projects work, examples of best practice and successes, as well as...
R20 million will be invested into maintaining and upgrading bridges across Johannesburg. This will be undertaken by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and forms part of its maintenance plans for the city’s transport infrastructure. The funds will...
Plans to connect 22 million South Africans to the internet by 2020 are underway. Known as ‘Internet for All’, the initiative is a partnership between the Department of Telecommunications and Postal Services and its social partners, and the World...
Infrastructure bottlenecks can be unlocked by public-private partnerships, according to public works minister Nathi Nhleko. This appeal for private sector involvement was made in Nhleko’s National Infrastructure Plan speech which was delivered by...
The Ondo State governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, has promised to deepen existing relationship with South Africa to create room for greater development between the two countries. Speaking during a courtesy call by the Consular General of South...
The Western Cape has been declared a disaster area after experiencing its worst drought in the last century. The City of Cape Town last experienced a drought between 2004-2005, and while it did implement precautionary measures, the extent of this...
Delivering water and sanitation to South Africa’s unserved communities will be a priority for the department of water and sanitation, the department’s minister Nomvula Mokonyane told Parliament on Friday. Mokonyane delivered her budget address in...
