KwaZulu-Natal Premier Senzo Mchunu has called on architects and stakeholders in the architectural fraternity to work with the provincial government to realise the objectives of the KZN Growth and Development Plan which is aligned to the National...
Businesses drive economic growth through investment, innovation, and knowledge transfer. In South Africa’s case, the private sector employs approximately three-quarters of workers and accounts for more than two thirds of investment and research and...
All Water Service Authorities are being instructed to set aside at least 7% of their total budgets towards the maintenance and management of infrastructure. Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane made this announcement at the recent...
A $100 billion infrastructure development fund is expected to be formed at the Leader’s Summit in the United States. The summit, which is themed ‘Investing in the Next Generation’, is intended to generate debate on how the USA and Africa can...
Addressing the South African Women in Construction (SAWIC) policy conference, Minister of Human Settlements Lindiwe Sisulu announced that 30% of all human settlements projects with a rand value of over R35 billion of the R150 billion projected...
Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula Mokonyane has identified six key areas that require, what she terms, radical game changers. Addressing the Water and Sanitation Summit, Mokonyane announced that the summit would be a platform to deal with key...
The Portfolio Committee on Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs is satisfied with the manner in which Minister Pravin Gordhan intends to improve the performance of municipalities and their entities. Committee Chairperson Richard Mdakane...
Capital expenditure by public sector institutions increased by 4.8% from R202.8 billion in 2012 to R212.5 billion in 2013, StatsSA reported. However, capital expenditure on new construction works is down. There has been an increased spend on plant,...
A soon to be signed Memorandum of Understanding set to empower women contractors across the country. The Department of Human Settlements will sign an MoU with South African Women in Construction (SAWIC), department minister Lindiwe Sisulu has...
