African cities face a major housing crisis as a result of rapid urbanisation and a growing informal settlements population, according to a World Bank report released on the sidelines of the Africities Summit in Sandton. With 60%-70% of urban...
The eThekwini Executive Committee is considering a R20 million feasibility study into the possibility of turning excess waste into energy in the City. A presentation was conducted by the Ladybird Economic Advancement Partnership (LEAP), which is a...
Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s 125 000th truck has rolled off its East London assembly line. The celebrated vehicle, a Mercedes-Benz Axor 3335, was handed over to Aqua Transport and Plant Hire this week. It will be used as a water tanker and forms...
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says there are plenty of opportunities for the private sector to partner with state-owned companies. The Minister on Tuesday addressed the Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry (JCCI), where she...
The nations of the world gathered on Monday in Paris to reach a new and universal climate change agreement, in the knowledge that they have already delivered an almost universal set of national responses to meet the long-term climate challenge...
Residents of Refiloe Township near Cullinan in Pretoria East will be without water for a few days as the city of Tshwane does maintenance work on the pipeline system. Spokesperson Lindela Mashigo said the sanitation department would do work on the...
South Africa’s construction and engineering sector has taken such a beating that its index is now trading 69% lower than at the peak of the global economic crisis. According to a report by BDLive the gloomy picture, revealed in a South African...
President Jacob Zuma says government’s Back-to-Basics strategy has, since its introduction, become an integral part of local governance. Municipalities that have been supported through the Back-to-Basics Strategy were responding positively and...
Infrastructure at various states of breakdown, empty store shelves, and high pollution levels may sound like a movie about a post-apocalyptic world, but these issues, together with the lack of basic services and resources, forms the reality of a...
