Government has set aside R74 million in relief funding to assist with the persistent drought plaguing the Western Cape. In a statement released on Thursday 14 September cabinet said the persistent drought conditions in parts of the country are a...
As temperatures rise dam levels around the country continue to drop with the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) calling on South Africans to ramp up their water conservation efforts. The department says its weekly state of reservoirs report...
The highly anticipated tender for the Mtentu Bridge has been awarded, according to the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL). Construction on the R1.634 billion project is expected to start in early November 2017 and last...
South African Airways (SAA) plans to retire five aircrafts, reducing its flights by 23%, by the end of the year as part of a revamp aimed at getting the national carrier out of the red. According to a presentation by SAA executives submitted to...
Eskom has rescheduled power cuts to three Eastern Cape municipalities who defaulted on their payments. The power utility planned to cut the power to the Raymond Mhlaba, Walter Sisulu and Inxuba Yethemba municipalities on Wednesday, 13 September...
Air pollution from coal-fired power stations kills more than 2 200 South Africans every year and costs the country more than R30 billion annually, through hospital admissions and lost working days. These are some of the shocking findings to emerge...
Two new factories are set to open in the south of Durban and create 1 000 employment opportunities for the local community in the recycling sector. The factories, which are being developed by Chinese company Jingmen Hubei, will feature large...
President Jacob Zuma says the National Development Plan needs to be aligned to the country’s budget, or else it will remain an empty promise. The President was speaking at the fifth anniversary of the adoption of the National Development Plan (NDP)...
The Department of Water and Sanitation and the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) are set to hand over two contracts worth R70 billion to a Chinese parastatal according to media reports. In a report by The City Press on Sunday the...
