A 77.3km upgrade costing R1.2 billion between Pongola and Dumbe has been announced bythe KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport. The upgrade of the road D-1867 from gravel to tar, off N2 between Pongola and Piet Retief, will start from Belgrade and...
It will be challenging for the National Development Plan (NDP) to meet this target of 30% by 2030, sayd Old Mutual Investment Group Senior Economist Johann Els and Head of Infrastructure Jurie Swart. It is vital to build capacity to effect the...
The Malmesbury wastewater treatment works is situated at the south-west end of this fast-growing community. It treats both domestic and industrial wastewater and discharges the treated effluent into the Diep River. It recently installed a new...
Kentz Corporation Limited, the holding company of the Kentz engineering company, has released its audited results which show that overall, the 2013 results are positive with Kentz having achieved its target of double digit earnings growth of 17.3%....
After a decade-long lull, the construction of large dams has accelerated. However, evidence shows that, in the vast majority of cases, large dams are not economically viable. According to new research from Oxford University’s Saїd Business School,...
The governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Malam Sanusi Lamido Sanusi says the country’s infrastructure deficit is the result of the absence of long-term low-interest financing. According to Sanusi, countries worldwide usually provide this...
The construction of 3 500 houses will soon begin in Princess Plot, Roodepoort. The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (DHS), the City of Johannesburg and residents of Princess Plot have reached an agreement after a meeting where houseplans of...
The City of Johannesburg has successfully implemented two landfill gas-to-energy projects. A total 19 042 Certified Emission Reductions (CER) have amassed and 3 157 656Nm3 of landfill gas has been destructed since May 2012. Eventually, 19MW of...
Nearly R1.2billion has been approved for seven human-settlement projects in Cape Town in the 2014-15 to 2016-17 financial years. City council authorities approved the budget for the seven projects already identified in the city’s Integrated...
