The City of Johannesburg has taken the decision to close the M2 motorway between the Crown Interchange and Maritzburg Street after serious concerns were raised around the structural integrity of some of its bridges. In a statement released on...
Pikitup has started to clean up areas in Johannesburg that have been heavily affected by a recent waste collection backlog. Muzi Mkhwanazi, spokesperson for Pikitup says there were unacceptable levels of waste in parts of Alexandra, Hillbrow,...
The South African roads sector has an infrastructure backlog amounting to almost R200 billion, transport minister Dipuo Peters said at the Hope Ministry Church in Kempton Park on Monday. The roads sector has been facing many funding and skills...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane has admitted that the target of eradicating the buck system by December 2014 will not be met. “[O]n behalf of the President, I must apologise to the people of South Africa in that we were...
South Africans could face more power cuts, as the distribution grid will gradually collapse from 2015 unless a maintenance backlog is addressed, an expert said on Thursday. “We are three years away from collapse,” Deon Louw, the deputy...
