The Water Research Commission (WRC) is hosting the second in a series of Dialogues on the current drought in South Africa in Pretoria on 27 November 2015. Following on from the first Dialogue on 6 November, which focused on identifying research...
President Jacob Zuma says government’s Back-to-Basics strategy has, since its introduction, become an integral part of local governance. Municipalities that have been supported through the Back-to-Basics Strategy were responding positively and...
Transnet has completed an R800 million upgrade of the City Deep Container Terminal in Johannesburg, the company said on Thursday. This is as the company steps up the drive to move rail-friendly cargo off the roads. According to Transnet, the...
Infrastructure development is crucial to industrialising the economy and creating employment during turbulent times, this is according to President Jacob Zuma. Delivering his annual address to the National Council of Provinces (NCOP) on Thursday,...
A South African engineering firm has effectively doubled the proportion of its total revenue derived from African projects from 10% to 20% over the past year, and expects this figure to grow to 25%. The strategy of adding value to infrastructure...
Botswana has finalised a deal with South Africa and Lesotho to tap some of the water from the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. According to a report by the Africa News Agency Botswana’s Minister of Mineral, Energy and Water Resources Minister,...
The recent intermittent rainfall in parts of the country has had little or no effect on the current drought that has engulfed most parts of South Africa. Instead, dam levels continue to drop alarmingly, causing more anxiety in their wake. This is...
The retail price of petrol is set for a drop of approximately six cents a litre for unleaded 95 ULP and two cents a litre for 93 ULP. The price reduction for diesel is expected to be two to four cents a litre, with illuminating paraffin down by a...
The SA Festival of Motoring will replace the canned bi-annual Johannesburg International Motor Show (JIMS). Inspired by the UK’s Goodwood Festival of Speed, the new event is scheduled to welcome in the new-look Kyalami Grand Prix Circuit and...
