The Meyersdal Structural Collapse Incident Inquiry will begin with the cross-examination of witnesses on October 29. This was announced by Commission of Inquiry Presiding Officer Phumudzo Maphaha at a Department of Labour briefing session. The...
North West MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements Collen Maine’s has committed to intervene in Mothotlung in Madibeng where sewage has been overflowing into residents’ houses. Maine met with effected ward councillors, Executive Mayor of...
Residents of Birch Acres and Sophiatown in Thembisa barricaded roads this morning as part of a service delivery protest. They are demanding a clinic, a school and a library. Police have been at the scene and there have been reports of rubber...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has admitted that the target of eradicating the buck system by December 2014 will not be met. “[O]n behalf of the President, I must apologise to the people of South Africa in that we were...
The Portfolio Committee on Environmental Affairs is holding public hearings on the newly released Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate change. Parliament believes the affected parties should be included, heard and their views considered...
A Gauteng Ward Councillors’ Conference is expected to produce possible solutions to the increased number of violent service delivery protests by residents in the province. The Gauteng Department of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs...
The Department of Labour’s public hearings to establish a sectoral determination, which prescribes minimum wages and conditions of employment for the building sector, is coming to an end tomorrow. The building sector public hearings are being held...
The International Union of Architects (UIA) has pledged to phase out carbon emissions by buildings by 2050. The pledge is captured in the 2050 Imperative, unanimously adopted at the recent World Congress of the UIA, which represents about 1.3...
An enterprising Soweto businessman has added an innovative new dimension to his business by recycling rubble from the site of a major new project and converting it into a highly saleable product: building sand. A 24 month supply of building rubble,...
