The Northern Areas Sewer, next to Jan Smuts Drive in Pinelands, has collapsed and is being attended to by City of Cape Town contractors. The municipality says over-pumping is taking place and workers are now digging to unblock the sewer. “A...
Work on a housing development valued at R200 million in Dobsonville, Extension 2, has begun and is expected to be completed by June 2016. As part of its ongoing attempts to alleviate the housing shortage in the city, The Johannesburg Social Housing...
The National Association of Automobile Manufacturers of South Africa (NAAMSA) says improvements in light, medium and heavy commercial vehicle sales were recorded in March, compared to the same month last year. The association says domestic sales of...
The second phase of Mozambique’s Roads and Bridges Management and Maintenance Programme is to receive $73.6 million from the World Bank. The primary objective of the programme is to stimulate growth and contribute to poverty reduction through...
Zola Tsotsi, director and chairman of the board of Eskom, has stepped down after a lengthy deliberation by the Eskom board on a vote of no confidence on Monday, 30 March. Dr Ben Ngubane has been appointed acting chairperson. According to a...
Kenya recently launched Africa’s first water fund, a public-private partnership aimed at raising $15 million to provide clean water to 9.3 million people by protecting the basin of the country’s longest river. The Nature Conservancy, a...
Polokwane played host to a Water Indaba last week in an effort to create a platform to facilitate engagement around critical water challenges facing the municipality. In her opening address to the stakeholders, Executive Mayor, Thembi Nkadimeng,...
The North West Local Government and Human Settlements is set to deliver 800 more houses to residents in four villages around Ventersdorp. This commitment was announced by MEC for Local Government and Human Settlements, Collen Maine, during a...
A joint water project initiated by the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and WESSA Eco-Schools has won a United Nations-Water “Water for Life” Best Practices Award. The DWS/WESSA Eco-Schools Water Project was awarded in the category “Best...
