As two of the biggest economies in Africa, South Africa and Nigeria’s recent credit rating downgrades will impact Africa’s overall economic growth. This is according to TC Chetty, manager at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) South...
Airports Company South Africa is ramping up its efforts to support growth of air cargo traffic with initiatives that will ease congestion and expand warehouse space in the short term and infrastructure developments that will develop capacity in the...
Water consumption levels have successfully decreased in City of Cape Town. As of last week, the city managed to use only 685 million litres per day, after setting a 700 million litre per day target. Xanthea Limberg, mayoral committee member for...
South Africa finds itself staring into the all-consuming eyes of junk status, and while some economists predict that a recession will follow, it is not all doom and gloom when it comes to financial growth. While economic growth predictions indicate...
Countries are not investing in infrastructure fast enough to meet water and sanitation targets under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), according to a new report published by World Health Organisation (WHO). “Today, almost two billion...
EnviroServ has filed an appeal against the suspension of its waste management licence. Last Tuesday, the Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) issued the Shongweni Landfill’s operator with a notice of suspension, and gave it until Friday to...
The North Gauteng High Court handed down judgment in favour of the City of Cape Town in its case against a number of construction companies that colluded when constructing the Cape Town Stadium. The city is claiming more than R500 million in...
The former board of the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) was reinstated with immediate effect at the parastatal on Monday, as ordered by Judge Peter Mabuse of the Pretoria High Court. This includes Popo Molefe, Zodwa Manase, Mashile...
Durban (eThekwini) is equipping itself for climate and societal changes which the city will experience in the coming years. In an effort to become a more resilient city, Durban has joined the Rockefeller Foundation’s 100 Resilient Cities Programme....