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Durban floods, but no drought relief

Durban’s heavy rains have not gone far in providing relief to the drought-stricken province. Heavy downpours swept over much of the country in the past few days. Rain was so severe in KwaZulu-Natal that parts of Durban have experienced flooding and...
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$1 billion for infrastructure projects in Africa

Africa50, a continental initiative to accelerate infrastructure projects in Africa, is targeted to reach $1 billion in funding within the next six to nine months. Africa50 is an investment bank for infrastructure in Africa that focuses on...
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Walvis Bay Power Plant to go ahead

Xaris Energy and its partners welcome the Namibian High Court’s ruling to reaffirm the decision by NamPower to award Xaris Energy the tender to construct Walvis Bay Power Plant. Arandis Power instituted a High Court application to challenge the...

Solving SA’s sanitation conundrum

More than half South Africa’s sewage treatment plants are not fully functional. And experts are saying that government should rather focus on getting rid of costly infrastructure, replacing it with waterless toilets. Source: eNCA Source...