An amount of R6 million has been set aside for the upgrading of Sedgefield’s Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) in Knysna in the Western Cape. The WWTW has been operating for a number of years and the plant has reached its nominal capacity of...
Municipalities are exploring new and innovative ways to recapitalise ageing infrastructure, this is according to Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau. Mayor Tau, who is also the Gauteng chairman of the South African Local Government...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) will launch the National Integrated Water Information System (NIWIS) project in the coming week. The NIWIS project was conceptualised to meet the objectives of serving as a single extensive, integrated,...
Government has set aside over a trillion rand to address infrastructure backlogs. This was announced at an infrastructure conference on Friday. Various projects that have been lagging will receive urgent attention now that the private sector has...
Whereas improvements in the overall socio-economic position in South Africa are heartening, these should not blind observers to a reality for many people of severe deprivation and closed opportunities. The reality of this being a country of “two...
Water and Sanitation Minister, Nomvula Mokonyane, has welcomed the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government’s efforts to coordinate a response to the current drought. The province’s efforts to ensure citizens are informed and mobilised to use water...
In line with the National Development Plan government’s ambitious infrastructure plan is making progress according to Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. He was speaking at the inaugural Gauteng Infrastructure Investment Conference in Midrand...
Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says government has taken the advice of the National Development Plan to heart and put in place an ambitious infrastructure plan which is registering progress. Since 2009, government has been allocating more...
This week saw history in the making as 17 passionate, inspiring young people attended the inaugural Imvelisi: Creating Enviropreneurs Bootcamp training programme in Pretoria. The Imvelisi – Developing Enviropreneurs is aimed at developing the...