Recently Cape Town has been hard hit by unprecedented heavy rain. This led to Cape Town’s dam levels increasing by 20% in a week and currently stands at 95,2%. Last year this time, dam levels were at 99%. Regardless of the status of our dams, the...
The government is set to introduce the long-awaited AARTO demerit system in mid-2025, a move that will see road users accumulating demerit points for traffic violations. This information was shared by Brandon Cohen, the chairperson of the National...
Geordin Hill-Lewis, the Mayor of Cape Town, has introduced a robust draft budget totaling R76.4 billion for the city’s financial year of 2024/25. Notably, the budget sets forth a record-breaking infrastructure investment of R12.1 billion for...
The much-anticipated R 400 million road upgrade project in Cape Town has hit a major snag due to the interference of a construction cartel, leading to significant delays and frustrations for both authorities and residents alike. The widening of A Z...
Achieving universal access to energy by 2030, both in Africa and globally, relies heavily on Distributed Renewable Energy (DRE), according to Raihan Elahi, the lead energy specialist at the World Bank Energy Sector Management Assistance Programme....
As part of the City’s Urban Energy Poverty Programme, alternative energy solutions are being investigated in informal settlements where grid-connected electrification is not possible. In City-supplied areas, where feasible, almost 100% of the older...
President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) at the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday. Below is the SONA in numbers: Social Assistance More than 26 million – South Africans who continue to receive social assistance...
Acting regional manager of Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) in the Western Cape, Raymond Maseko, says the agency has done much work to recover the province’s network following a series of challenges. Maseko was speaking on the...
Over the past few weeks, many celebratory videos and photos have been shared of overflowing supply dams for the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality (NMBM). Kirsten Kelly talks to Matthew Hills, an engineer at NMBM about avoiding dry taps, the...
