Dec 20, 2021
Investment into South Africa have not been encouraging (even pre-pandemic) and coupled with increased capital flow in recent years, the economic outlook has been and continues to be dire. Credit rating downgrades and the challenges brought on by...
Dec 15, 2021
The My Smart City team in Cape Town is reporting improved turnaround times for the resolution of reported service delivery issues logged onto its platform in Cape Town. My Smart City has reported a four-fold improvement in resolving service...
Dec 14, 2021
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in North West hosted a two-day consultative workshop for the development of a National faecal sludge management strategy for non-sewered sanitation in Klerksdorp and Rustenburg last week. Through the...
Dec 13, 2021
The Minister of Water and Sanitation (DWS), Senzo Mchunu, and his deputies were in the Mpumalanga Province for their seventh provincial working session. The purpose of the working session was to engage a variety of stakeholders to fully understand...
Dec 9, 2021
The Minister of Forestry, Fisheries, and the Environment published a Notice of Intention to amend the Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) Regulations and associated Sector Notices: The Lighting Sector Notice, the Electrical and Electronic...
Dec 9, 2021
Garob wind farm, which is located near the remote Northern Cape town of Copperton in the Siyathemba Local Municipality, will be able to generate 573 GWh every year, potentially preventing the emission of approximately 600,000 tons of CO2 into...
Dec 8, 2021
The National Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) provides advisorys regarding floods in some catchments in the Western Cape. As of Saturday, 4 December 2021, the South African Weather Service (SAWS) issued a revised Impact Based Warning for...
Dec 8, 2021
A plot of privately owned land that was being used as an informal waste recycling site has been cleared, thanks to a court order. The City of Tshwane has successfully implemented an eviction order with the affected private property owner concerning...
Dec 8, 2021
Delays in awarding infrastructure projects are believed to be responsible for confidence in South Africa’s civil construction industry dropping in the fourth quarter of this year. Confidence levels deteriorated despite most of the underlying...
