The nations of the world gathered on Monday in Paris to reach a new and universal climate change agreement, in the knowledge that they have already delivered an almost universal set of national responses to meet the long-term climate challenge...
The western section of the new Sandspruit Bridge on Katherine Street was completed recently and according to the City of Johannesburg all traffic will be diverted onto this section to demolish the existing bridge and start construction of the...
The Africities Exhibition 2015 has officially opened in Sandton, north of Johannesburg. The three-day exhibition will focus on sustainable socio-economic transformation in Africa in the next 50 years. Johannesburg Mayor, Parks Tau, addressed the...
Residents of Refiloe Township near Cullinan in Pretoria East will be without water for a few days as the city of Tshwane does maintenance work on the pipeline system. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said the sanitation department would do work on the...
One of the areas north of Durban worst hit by the drought is likely to have a steady water supply all through the festive season, thanks to the use of recycled water. Sembcorp Siza Water, a municipal commissioned distributor of bulk water in the...
Local government and municipalities are very complex pieces of machinery, which need to be brought closer to the people. This is the view of Tahir Sema, spokesperson of the South African Local Government Association (SALGA). Speaking at the...
South Africa’s construction and engineering sector has taken such a beating that its index is now trading 69% lower than at the peak of the global economic crisis. According to a report by BDLive the gloomy picture, revealed in a South African...
The Water Research Commission (WRC) is hosting the second in a series of Dialogues on the current drought in South Africa in Pretoria on 27 November 2015. Following on from the first Dialogue on 6 November, which focused on identifying research...
President Jacob Zuma says government’s Back-to-Basics strategy has, since its introduction, become an integral part of local governance. Municipalities that have been supported through the Back-to-Basics Strategy were responding positively and...
Transnet has completed an R800 million upgrade of the City Deep Container Terminal in Johannesburg, the company said on Thursday. This is as the company steps up the drive to move rail-friendly cargo off the roads. According to Transnet, the...
