As countries across Africa gear themselves towards growing and stimulating inter-regional trade, the transport corridors being developed across the continent are important passageways for the movement of freight. Though the growth and development...
The water sector is experiencing a critical scarce skills shortage, owing to an insufficient skills base and fierce competition in the labour market for skilled personnel, said the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) acting director- general Trevor...
At least 20 people have been arrested in the Gugulethu informal settlement during what is believed to be a service delivery protest. Gugulethu residents took to the street in the early hours of Monday morning (5 May) in what has been a violent...
The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will extend Egypt’s ability to obtain electricity from Ethiopia. Ethiopian State Minister for Foreign Affairs Berhane Gebre-Christos told a two-day forum held at Bahr Dar University that the dam, which is...
Djibouti has received a US $11 million grant from the European Union (EU) to finance projects aimed at improving access to potable water. The East African country’s water crisis has been the result of extended droughts which have often led to water...
The Ngiluni primary school in rural Ukambani, southeast Kenya, is working hard to improve the health and education of its pupils. Like many other schools in the area, it struggles to achieve satisfactory attendance rates. The reasons for low...
The City of Cape Town and Western Cape provincial government are embroiled in a multi-million Rand construction scandal. Work in some of its poorest areas has ground to a complete halt, after one of its subcontractors filed for business rescue. It...
Time taken for importing goods into East Africa through the Port of Mombasa in Kenya has been shortened following the commencement of the single customs territory framework along the Northern Corridor. Previously, under the old transit system...
A Port of Entry Control Centre at the Cape Town Harbour, which introduces a new way of managing ports, has been officially opened. The inter-departmental centre at Cape Town Harbour, commonly referred to as Cowrie Place, is the first maritime...
