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Infrastructure top of municipal agenda

Municipalities are exploring new and innovative ways to recapitalise ageing infrastructure, this is according to Johannesburg Executive Mayor Councillor Parks Tau. Mayor Tau, who is also the Gauteng chairman of the South African Local Government...
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Department welcomes KZN’s drought response

Water and Sanitation Minister, Nomvula Mokonyane, has welcomed the KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government’s efforts to coordinate a response to the current drought. The province’s efforts to ensure citizens are informed and mobilised to use water...
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Infrastructure plan bears fruit: Part 2

In line with the National Development Plan government’s ambitious infrastructure plan is making progress according to Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe. He was speaking at the inaugural Gauteng Infrastructure Investment Conference in Midrand...
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Infrastructure plan bears fruit: Part 1

Minister in the Presidency Jeff Radebe says government has taken the advice of the National Development Plan to heart and put in place an ambitious infrastructure plan which is registering progress. Since 2009, government has been allocating more...

Creating Enviropreneurs

This week saw history in the making as 17 passionate, inspiring young people attended the inaugural Imvelisi: Creating Enviropreneurs Bootcamp training programme in Pretoria. The Imvelisi – Developing Enviropreneurs is aimed at developing the...
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N14 to undergo R295m upgrade

The N14 freeway from Krugersdorp to Pretoria is set for a R295 million makeover by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport. “We have to upgrade the N14 as it is a critical arterial route from the southern and western regions of Gauteng to the...
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Breathing life into SA’s industrial parks

The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) has set aside R80 million for the refurbishment and resuscitation of the country’s industrial parks. Speaking at an Industrial Parks Revitalisation workshop on Tuesday, dti Director General Lionel October...
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Zambian roads loan approved

The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $193-million Bank loan and a $50-million loan from Africa Growing Together Fund (AGTF), to support the rehabilitation of the Chinsali-Nakonde road, a section of the...