Buffalo City’s new housing development, which got underway, last month, will see the construction of 500 houses in Mdantsane Zone 18CC. The R7.5 million first phase of the project is part of a bigger development which will see 1 500 houses...
Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has alleviated poverty in those areas where it has been implemented. Responding to questions for oral reply at the National Assembly on Wednesday, the Deputy President...
Developing areas in the Midrand area will soon have their streets illuminated. City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power supply and maintenance entity, is to spend more than R2 million in the current financial year to provide public lighting...
The repo rate will remain unchanged at 5.75%, new Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday. “Given the lower trajectory of headline inflation and the continued weak state of the economy, the MPC has unanimously decided to keep the...
Nomaxabiso Majokweni, who was recently appointed Non-Executive Director to GIBB Holdings Board, is expected to bring broad strategic perspective to the 900-employee-strong firm. According to her, the sub-sector of the infrastructure space that GIBB...
Home owners Leigh De Decker and Mark Beloch recently signed a new small-scale embedded electricity generation (SSEG) contract with the City of Cape Town. The contract will allow them to feed extra electricity generated by their photovoltaic (PV)...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) has officially launched the innovative 2.5 kW hydrogen fuel cell power generator prototype unit at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). The generator demonstrates South Africa’s innovative...
By Dave Collins An increasingly questionable global energy supply combined with surging population growth, is creating a situation in which the global energy bubble is bound to burst. Scientists are already saying that we need one-and-half planet...
By Liesl Frankson In recent years we’ve been made aware that the global climate is changing and water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts the earth’s ecosystem and people. This is according to UN-Water. The...
Manufacturers and retailers, who do not comply with the revised compulsory specifications for plastic carrier bags and flat bags, will be charged. This is according to The National Regulator for Compulsory Specifications (NRCS). The General Manager...
