Low-cost housing and infrastructure development received the lion’s share of the eThekwini Municipality’s, R39.1 billion pro-poor, budget for the 2015/16 financial. The budget tabled by Mayor James Nxumalo last week saw R6.1 billion going to the...
The Institute of Municipal Engineering Southern Africa (IMESA) and 3S Media are delighted to announce the signing of an historic contract that continues a forty year publishing partnership. IMESA promotes the interests of municipal engineers and...
Nearly six months after the eThekwini Municipality replaced 20 vandalised electricity poles at a cost of about R140 000 along a busy Durban freeway, the same poles have again been sabotaged. Addressing members of the media at City Hall on Thursday,...
Members of the construction value chain are eager to collaborate with each other to create the new solutions Africa’s infrastructure boom will require. That was the consensus that emerged from the three-day Totally Concrete expo, themed “A date...
About 88% of South Africans have access to clean drinkable water and almost 78% of the country’s population have access to decent sanitation, this is according to the Minister of Water and Sanitation,Nomvula Mokonyane. “Plans are underway to...
Newly elected Nelson Mandela Bay Executive Mayor Dr Danny Jordaan has committed to addressing challenges of education, unemployment, economic development and drug abuse in the metropolitan municipality. “Within the next few weeks I will spell out a...
The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA) has recently appointed three consultants on Phase II of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project, says Refiloe Tlali, CE of the LHDA. The three awards, collectively worth slightly more than M40 million...
Contributed by Rhys Evans, Director of Alco-Safe People are the most important asset of any organisation, and all employees are entitled to the highest consideration for their safety while in the workplace. The Occupational Health and Safety (OHS)...
After a 20-year relationship, Panalpina will acquire its Egyptian freight forwarding, customs clearance and logistics agent, Afifi, as it continues its strategic expansion in growth economies. “The acquisition will not only allow us to...
