It was with great interest that the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) has followed the Auditor General’s discussion on the state of the audits of local authorities in South Africa. The report is cross-cutting and has reference...
A governement department is building an R8 billion “green” head office in a Pretoria suburb in spite of government-owned buildings standing empty in the inner city. Construction on the building for the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA)...
The Western Cape has added welcome impetus to a growing trend by provincial governments to embrace alternative building technologies (ABTs) as a cost-effective and sustainable solution to housing local communities. The Western Cape’s...
Timred Jabaza has been waiting 22 years for a decent home – but on Friday his long wait finally came to an end when President Jacob Zuma handed him the key to his new, fully furnished two-bedroom house. Jabaza was one of the first...
