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Road upgrade empowers community

The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport has spent R193 million to upgrade the R25 (P6-1) road between Bapsfontein and Bronkhorstspruit. Provincial MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi said the project entailed an ugrade of a 42 kilometre...

Oudtshoorn Municipality tackles sewage scandal

The Oudtshoorn Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) have been thrust into the spotlight in recent weeks, as allegations of sewage pollution making its way from the works into the Olifants River dominated local media reports. Members of a Provincial...

Damaged pedestrian bridge reopened

Pedestrians in Brackenhurst can once again cross Swartkoppies Road safely after the bridge was reopened following repairs. A part of the 190 metre-long bridge was knocked off by a truck load exceeding the height limit. The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan...

Kliptown redevelopment gains momentum

The City of Johannesburg handed over 60 fully subsided freehold RDP housing units in Kliptown Extension 6, Soweto, to residents being relocated from the Chris Hani, Fred Clarke and Charter Square informal settlements. Another group of 50...
Dirty water

Toxic water scare rocks Cradock

The water in Cradock is safe to drink and there is no crisis. That is the word from the Chris Hani District Municipality, despite several complaints by residents of the small town in the Eastern Cape. The DA said that thirteen people, including two...