Multimedia | Infrastructure news - Part 18

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Gauteng part of housing backlog problem

According to the province’s MECs for Human Settlements and infrastructure development, South Africa has a housing backlog of R2 million and R1 million of that is in Gauteng. He says that this is due to budget and resource limitations,...

Residents want government toilets demolished for safety

Hundreds of government-built toilets in Ekurhuleni have been vandalised and are becoming a hideout for criminals. The municipality says it would cost too much to protect the toilet sites. Authorities say they’re working hard to ensure they are...

South Africa is losing engineers at an alarming rate

According to the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE), South Africa is losing engineers at an alarming rate. They are apparently leaving the country to use their skills abroad, but the SAICE is appealing to government to attract...

Ekurhuleni Mayor says every toilet accounted for

Ekurhuleni Mayor Mzwandile Masina has rubbished claims that his administration bungled a tender to install toilets. The three-year tender was meant to provide infrastructure to informal settlements. An investigative report by AmaBhungane claimed...

Equal Education calls for toilets in Limpopo schools

Community movement, Equal Education isn’t happy with the Limpopo Department of Education. The organisation’s members picketed outside the provincial legislature during Premier Stan Mathabatha’s State of the Province Address, to...

A waste truck built for Africa

Overloading has become standard practice for much of South Africa’s waste collection industry. A new vehicle from Sinotruk has been designed with overloading in mind, overcoming the negative effects associated with this common practice.