The Unemployed Youth Skills Development Project in Vhembe District Municipality has officially been launched in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The project which is a joint effort between the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Department of...
Keynote speaker at the recent Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) conference, Minister Thulas Nxesi of the Department of Public Works, believes that, “Government cannot deliver the National Development Plan (NDP) alone. It is incumbent on the...
Speaking at last week’s South African Council for Project and Construction Management Professions conference Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi stated there is a renewed and sustained programme of action to transform the built environment. The...
The Department of Public Works turnaround strategy has uncovered R34.9 billion in irregular expenditure dating back to 2001, Public Works Minister Thembelani Nxesi announced on Monday. Nxesi said a total of R1.1 billion of the amount is being...
Six million job opportunities are expected to be created through Phase 3 of the Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) by 2019, says the Department of Public Works. EPWP Phase 3, which began creating jobs in April, will be officially launched in...
Four local municipalities in the North West province are to benefit from a R2 million youth in waste management project which commenced at the beginning of this month – youth month. The Tswaing, Mamusa, Maquassi hills and Moretele local...
The Department of Public Works (DPW) has released the draft Built Environment Policy 2014 for public comment. The Minster of public Works, Thembelani Nxesi, said in the draft document that, “Over the past decade the built environment grappled with...
A site study of the historic Groote Schuur estate in Cape Town has turned up a number of new findings, including the fact that it could be sustainable if its inherent water resources areproperly managed. Groote Schuur Estate in Cape Town has been...
A multimillion rand programme in Gauteng is set to benefit emerging road contractors. Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi at the launch of the R118-million Vuk’phile roads contractor development programme said this is a three-year roads...
