Johannesburg residents will soon be able to quickly report potholes, faulty traffic signals, storm water drains, manhole covers, and other infrastructure issues related to Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA). The JRA is launching its Find & Fix...
The engineering principles for creating ‘green’ buildings are both well understood and have been widely applied. Where to now? “We have earned our ‘Stars’ in the art of green design, literally, and while innovation will continue to make further...
South African Desmond D’Sa received a Goldman Environmental Prize for successfully shutting down a toxic waste dump in south Durban. In 1990, a large waste management company Wastemanopened a landfill to accommodate hazardous waste from nearby...
Delegates worked on a Peoples Plan for Sanitation and Dignity at the recent National Sanitation Summit in Salt River. The summit attracted delegates from informal settlement organisations and civil society with the aim of developing a plan that...
Drivers will soon be able to report faulty traffic lights and pot holes to authorities in Johannesburg. This follows the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) launching a new Find & Fix mobile app for testing in May. Skhumbuzo Macozoma, MD of JRA,...
Thirty donor countries have pledged a record amount of US$4.43 billion for the Global Environment Facility (GEF). The GEF funding will support projects in more than 140 countries, including 54 in Africa, in tackling a broad range of threats to the...
North West MEC for Local Government and Traditional Affairs, Manketsi Tlhape, is tackling recently service delivery protest actions in the province head-on, in an effort to quell down the situation. Tlhape visited the Setlagole village in the...
The World Bank’s has approved US$150 million to finance 19 university-based Centres of Excellence in seven countries in West and Central Africa. These competitively selected centres will receive funding for advanced specialized studies in science,...
Africa’s economic success is reliant on infrastructure development. There is more than R1.6 trillion waiting to be spent on South Africa and Africa’s combined infrastructure projects over the next ten years. Africa Infrastructure Supplier is a...
