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Oudtshoorn Municipality in hot water

The Oudtshoorn Municipality in the Western Cape is under the spotlight following allegations of serious financial mismanagement and service delivery challenges, among others. On Wednesday, the Department of Cooperative Governance and traditional...

Ceiling collapses at Sandton City mall

Sandton City suffered a structural collapse on Wednesday according to reports by EWN. The details of the collapse are unclear but according to the news site a section of the roof connecting the banking mall in Sandton City and the Nelson Mandela...

World Economic Forum kicks off in Cape Town

The World Economic Forum’s 25th meeting on Africa is set to kick off in Cape Town, this morning. Themed “Then and Now: Reimagining Africa’s Future”, the meeting is the largest ever in the region. The meeting, which will end on Friday,...

Raw sewage to be pumped into the Vaal Dam-DA

A project which will pump raw sewage into the Vaal Dam is in an advanced stage. This is according to James Letuka, a DA member of the Free State provincial legislature, who spoke to News24. After receiving a complaint from local councillors, Letuka...
Dhesigen Naidoo is CEO of the Water Research Commission

Beware – the Cubans are coming! Part 2

Beware – the Cubans are coming! That’s the clarion call from some of the most important umbrella engineering organisations in South Africa. By Dhesigen Naidoo We cannot escape the fact that South Africa is desperately short of engineering skills. A...
Dhesigen Naidoo is CEO of the Water Research Commission

Beware – the Cubans are coming! Part 1

Beware – the Cubans are coming! That’s the clarion call from some of the most important umbrella engineering organisations in South Africa. By Dhesigen Naidoo One has to wonder if the response would be the same if the US Army Corps of Engineers...