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A multi-entity clean-up drive in Midrand

A multi-entity and integrated City of Johannesburg team led by the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) carried out a massive service delivery and clean-up campaign in and around the Midrand Central Business District (CBD) in Region A despite torrential...
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City lights up households in informal settlements

Residents living in Oppermans Oord informal settlement in Strandfontein are enjoying the benefits of electricity to their homes for the first time. The City of Cape Town’s Human Settlements Directorate partnered with the Electricity Services...

Multimillion rand substation unveiled in E. Cape

Deputy Minister of Public Enterprises Bulelani Magwanishe officially opened the Vuyani Substation in Umthatha earlier this week. The new R392 million, Eskom-built substation is set to strengthen the electricity supply network of the Eastern Cape....
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EPWP alleviating poverty in SA

Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa says the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) has alleviated poverty in those areas where it has been implemented. Responding to questions for oral reply at the National Assembly on Wednesday, the Deputy President...

City’s new public lights roll out

Developing areas in the Midrand area will soon have their streets illuminated. City Power, the City of Johannesburg’s power supply and maintenance entity, is to spend more than R2 million in the current financial year to provide public lighting...

Repo rate remains unchanged

The repo rate will remain unchanged at 5.75%, new Reserve Bank Governor Lesetja Kganyago said on Thursday. “Given the lower trajectory of headline inflation and the continued weak state of the economy, the MPC has unanimously decided to keep the...

Majokweni brings strategic perspective to GIBB

Nomaxabiso Majokweni, who was recently appointed Non-Executive Director to GIBB Holdings Board, is expected to bring broad strategic perspective to the 900-employee-strong firm. According to her, the sub-sector of the infrastructure space that GIBB...

Cape Town residents give energy back to the city

Home owners Leigh De Decker and Mark Beloch recently signed a new small-scale embedded electricity generation (SSEG) contract with the City of Cape Town. The contract will allow them to feed extra electricity generated by their photovoltaic (PV)...