The Republic of Benin will receive $ 58.5 million to help finance the Parakou Urban Transport Project. The project involves the rehabilitation and widening of 17.55 km of main roads in the city to double lanes in order to increase urban mobility,...
Sudanese model Alek Wek announced H&M Conscious Foundation’s partnership with WaterAid to deliver safe water and toilets to 250 000 school students in many of the world’s poorest countries by 2017 at the Global Citizen Festival in New York’s...
The upcoming International Gender, Water and Development Conference provides a platform to forge partnerships that will address the challenges faced by the sector. It will also address the roll-out of the African Ministers Council on Water’s...
The Department of Public Works turnaround strategy has uncovered R34.9 billion in irregular expenditure dating back to 2001, Public Works Minister Thembelani Nxesi announced on Monday. Nxesi said a total of R1.1 billion of the amount is being...
The recent water supply interruptions in Gauteng came under the spotlight on Friday at the Gauteng Premier’s Coordinating Forum meeting. The meeting chaired by Premier David Makhura and attended by the mayors of all municipalities in Gauteng,...
The Gauteng Premier’s Coordinating Forum has resolved to establish the Gauteng Infrastructure Coordinating Council. At a meeting last week to address the Gauteng water crisis, the forum discussed practical steps required to radically transform,...
The City of Johannesburg’s Rea Vaya bus rapid transit (BRT) system has been nominated for the C40 City Climate Leadership Awards. The city’s Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau is in New York City to attend the awards ceremony, which...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has cautioned the Rand Water board to work more closely with communities and improve on its communication to timeously alert and educate communities on all matter relating to water challenges,...
Minister of Water Affairs and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane and the leadership of Rand Water addressed the media on Friday regarding the water shortages affecting parts of Gauteng. The water shortage affecting parts of Johannesburg, Pretoria,...
