City of Johannesburg Executive Mayor, Herman Mashaba has appointed a new MMC for Housing in an effort to turnaround the portfolio. The Mayor in a statement announced that Councillor Meshack van Wyk of the African Christian Democratic Party (ACDP)...
Tshwane Human Settlements Minister Nomaindiya Mfeketo says the City’s recently launched Thembelihle Social Housing Village is an example of how to integrate mixed housing in the inner city as a way of undoing the apartheid legacy of racialised...
The office of the Public Protector in the Northern Cape has stepped in to assist communities facing numerous sewage problems in the Kimberley area. The Sol Plaatje municipality has been battling to resolve it for years. The Public Protector says...
Water security is a top priority, directly impacting on South Africa’s ability to maintain and grow its economy and meet infrastructure targets. WASA talks to James Preston, marketing manager, SBS® Tanks, about recent projects and the company’s...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Gugile Nkwinti says the Giyani Water Project is high on the priority list of parliament. Â Speaking at a fact-finding visit to Giyani recently the minister said the project would be reprioritised in terms of the...
South Africa’s first solar powered desalination plant is set to be commissioned in the Western Cape later this year. The project, which was initiated by Prof. Erwin Schwella, Professor of Public Leadership at Stellenbosch and Tilburg Universities...
Transnet National Ports Authority has appointed Nozipho Mdawe as new Chief Operating Officer (COO). Mdawe, whose appointment will be effective as of 21 May 2018, is taking over the role from Phyllis Difeto and according to the Ports authority the...
The Volvo Group Southern Africa has committed R25 million to help address South Africa’s high unemployment rate among the youth. Torbjörn Christensson, President of Volvo Group Southern Africa, says the company is investing the money as part of the...
FAW South Africa has moved up three places in the rankings from fifth position to become the second biggest truck exporter behind the Volvo group. The fortune 500 company, which has a truck assembly plant worth R600 million located at the Coega...
