Policy Makers and leading experts in infrastructure debated and championed delivery of Africa’s critical infrastructure requirements at the African Strategic Infrastructure Initiative Working Group Meeting this week in Sandton, Johannesburg. While...
The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has signed a R488 million loan with Tshwane Rapid Transit (TRT) as part of a R800 million loan for the purchase of 171 buses. The buses will be for the A Re Yeng Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations in...
The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that was established to revitalise distressed mining towns has mobilised municipalities to review their Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to pave the way for new-look mining towns. Mpho Ndaba, the Director:...
The restructuring of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) in 2012 has delivered big results. The state-owned entity has achieved an increase in disbursements over the  last financial year of 39.1%, repositioning itself as both a funding...
South Africa’s groundwater is under threat but one local geosynthetic linings company heard the call to make a  difference. Frances Ringwood reports. “Not acid mine water but groundwater protection is going to be one of South Africa’s biggest...
SBS Tanks, a global exporter of Proudly South African liquid storage solutions, is experiencing a skyrocketing demand for its modular, affordable and reliable range of prefabricated ZINCALUME tanks. SBS Tanks sales and marketing manager Brian...
The power system is expected to be tight due to the nippy and cloudy weather conditions, says Eskom. “The system is expected to be tight over the evening peaks for the next few days as a result of the continued nippy and cloudy weather conditions...
More than 180 cities and communities in 35 countries have taken back control of their water services in the last 15 years. This is according to a new report released by the Transnational Institute (TNI), Public Services International Research Unit...
Shares in construction company, Group Five dropped by almost 20% percent on Monday, its biggest one-day drop in 14 years, after flagging first-half profit would fall by more than 20 percent, hit by weak performance in its engineering and...
