The City of Johannesburg has welcomed the end of the Pikitup strike, which it said has accumulated waste throughout the city, posing health risks and damaging the reputation of the city. The city and the South African Municipal Workers Union...
South Africa is the 30th most dry country in the world. We are also currently in a drought and water preservation has become more essential and important than ever before. Some of our dams are not full to capacity and water rationing has taken...
The Braamfontein Spruit – the longest river in Johannesburg – will undergo a substantial rehabilitation, following interventions by the Johannesburg Roads Agency. The JRA, responsible for road and stormwater infrastructure in the City, has...
The City of Ekurhuleni has officially launched the Night Shift CBD Cleaning Programme aimed at keeping the city’s streets spotless for 24 hours. The programme was launched on Monday 11 April 2016, by Ekurhuleni Executive Mayor Councillor Mondli...
The Orkney Wastewater Treatment Plant in the North West province was recently robbed by 15 thieves on Thursday, 7 April 2016. The thieves tied the security guards and stole cables from the transformer and at the switchgear room. According to...
Eskom has reached an agreement with three Mpumalanga municipalities who had defaulted on their payments to the utility. In a statement, the utility said over the past few weeks it had been engaging with the municipalities. “We are pleased to report...
The City of Cape Town’s will soon embark on a major project in Bothasig to turn Plattekloof Road into a dual carriageway and refurbish the existing road infrastructure. The project will cost approximately R100 million and entails the construction...
The results of the South African Waste Sector Survey (for 2012) show that the formal waste sector employs a minimum of 29 833 people. The majority of these employees are situated within large enterprises (77.5% of private waste sector employees)...
eThekwini Municipality’s Water and Sanitation Department says they’ve installed in excess of 50 000 restrictors and will put in more to stabilise the system. It wants to avoid a situation where the city’s 263 reservoirs run dry,...
The Sebenza substation project in Johannesburg is approximately 40% complete since work began at the end of 2014 following the awarding of the contract by City Power. The project was awarded to CONCO and entails the construction of a new 1000 MVA,...
