Mounting debt owed to municipalities is “becoming a pandemic” that has the department of corporate governance concerned. This was expressed by minister Des van Rooyen last week when he delivered his department’s 2017 budget speech in the National...
R68 million is being invested into more affordable housing units in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape. The province’s human settlements department said the project will be implemented by the Qhama Social Housing Institution and will have 220 units...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has confirmed that General Motors (GM) has issued a notice of retrenchment, which will result in 600 job losses at their Struandale Port Elizabeth plant by July. The motor company issued a...
In the past nine months, the Ethiopian Roads Authority (ERA) has completed the construction of six projects with a cost of Br5.3 billion. The construction of the Dansha to Abdurafi road, an alternative road to Harar, the Zarema Maytsbri Sugar Road...
As South Africa swiftly moves towards winter, dam levels are raising concerns again. The department of water and sanitation said despite recent good rains in parts of South Africa, the country’s national average storage decreased 0.2% to 72.9% last...
Cape Town is now “waiting on a miracle” to help save the city from its worst drought in 100 years, city official Gisela Kaiser told delegates at African Utility Week. Kaiser said there was no way the city could have reasonably anticipated the...
At African Utility Week which was held in Cape Town last week, a challenge was put forwards to stakeholders in the water sectors from across Africa – to ensure a water resilient future. This call comes amid a time of extreme drought conditions...
Richards Bay’s much needed desalination plant was launched last week in an attempt to enhance water security within the King Cetshwayo District Municipality. The R300 million plant, which was launched by the department of water and sanitation, has...
Water security and sustainability took centre stage at the recent launch of the National Water and Sanitation Master Plan Dialogue. The plan will be launched by the department of water and sanitation (DWS) in collaboration with the...
The Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) has plans to go ahead with a multibillion-rand modernisation and recapitalisation programme, however the country’s recent sovereign credit ratings downgrade might impact this. At the recent launch of Prasa’s...
