A private public partnership between ABSA DevCo and the Knysna Municipality will result in an additional 359 housing units being added in Hornlee, Knysna. Municipal Manager Lauren Waring said this is exciting news for Hornlee residents. “The...
State-of-the-art nanotechnology research equipment worth R17 million – the first such equipment in South Africa – was unveiled at Rhodes University by the Minister of Science and Technology, Naledi Pandor. The Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass...
The City of Cape Town plans to roll out free Wi-Fi in public buildings across the Metro by the end of this year. In a statement, the executive mayor of the city, Patricia de Lille announced that the city would provide free Wi-Fi, by June 2015, to...
A multi-entity and integrated City of Johannesburg team led by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) carried out a massive service delivery and clean-up campaign in and around the Midrand Central Business District (CBD) in Region A despite torrential...
Residents living in Oppermans Oord informal settlement in Strandfontein are enjoying the benefits of electricity to their homes for the first time. The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate partnered with the Electricity Services...
Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises Bulelani Magwanishe officially opened the Vuyani Substation in Umthatha earlier this week. The new R392 million, Eskom-built substation is set to strengthen the electricity supply network of the Eastern Cape....
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...
