The defamation action brought by Dr Michael Sutcliffe against the City Manager, Mr Sibusiso Sithole and eThekwini Municipality has been settled. The defamation action arose from a statement made by Mr Sithole in response to a question, to the...
Mali has received US$1.5 million from the Scaling-Up Renewable Energy Programme in Low Income Countries (SREP) of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF). The SREP financing will significantly benefit the Project for Scaling-up Renewable Energy in Mali...
Several technology advances combined with reducing prices and innovative financing models have made renewable energy projects increasingly practical in sub-Saharan Africa. This in turn has made renewable energy projects less dependent on subsidies,...
The concept of living a green lifestyle and indulging green infrastructure and building construction projects and developments was perceived to be “cool” and a great way of attracting column space and exposure in media platforms. It cost money to...
The Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA), has revealed its new green building in Pretoria to an eager mass audience – but one person in particular was extremely pleased to see how R8 billion will be spent over the next 27 years to run the...
Recent reports from the City of Johannesburg have revealed that the fast expanse of the city will not be able to hide its several landfill sites by as little as nine years from now. The shortage of space is so severe that the South African Local...
National Asphalt, a member of the Raubex Group, is introducing the latest innovations in road maintenance and rehabilitation to the South African market. SEAN PRETORIUS, managing director of National Asphalt, says, “Having recently acquired a...
A global consulting engineering firm is currently the programme manager, construction supervisor and environmental manager on an ambitious US$180 million health sector improvement project in Lesotho. Aurecon was appointed by the Millennium...
The City of Cape Town has shown sustained growth since 2003 highlighting its resilience in the face of the recession. However, while the city’s economy is growing faster than any other city in South Africa, crime, unemployment and inequality are...
