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SA’s credit rating holds steady as GDP shrinks

Fitch Ratings has reaffirmed South Africa’s outlook as stable with a BBB- rating. This comes after Standard & Poor (S&P) decided not to downgrade South Africa to junk status. According to Fitch, the ‘BBB-’ rating reflects low trend GDP...
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CT disputes General Household Survey results

The City of Cape Town has called for the results of the Household Survey 2015 to be interrogated and verified against other data before it can be used to manage future implementation. According to the City’s Executive Deputy Mayor Alderman Ian...

Combatting soil erosion at Inanda Valley WTW

A major soil erosion problem has been tackled at a water treatment works in Inanda Valley on the outskirts of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The platform that the treatment works is built on was situated above a steep, unstabilised fill embankment....

Effluent discharge into Palmiet River resolved

EThekwini Municipality this week warned residents to avoid contact with water in the Palmiet River after effluent was discharged into it. This happened following a blockage in the drainage line of Blair Road Sewage Pump Station in Pinetown on...