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Rallying private sector support for PIDA

Policy Makers and leading experts in infrastructure debated and championed delivery of Africa’s critical infrastructure requirements at the African Strategic Infrastructure Initiative Working Group Meeting this week in Sandton, Johannesburg. While...

DBSA and TRT seal a R488 million loan agreement

The Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) has signed a R488 million loan with Tshwane Rapid Transit (TRT) as part of a R800 million loan for the purchase of 171 buses. The buses will be for the A Re Yeng Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) operations in...

IDPs pave the way for new-look mining towns

The Inter-Ministerial Committee (IMC) that was established to revitalise distressed mining towns has mobilised municipalities to review their Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) to pave the way for new-look mining towns. Mpho Ndaba, the Director:...

Group Five share price plummet on profit warning

Shares in construction company, Group Five dropped by almost 20% percent on Monday, its biggest one-day drop in 14 years, after flagging first-half profit would fall by more than 20 percent, hit by weak performance in its engineering and...

N. Nigerian basin maintenance funds fast tracked

The African Water Facility has announced, that it has offered the Hadejia-Jama’are-Komadugu-Yobe Basin Trust Fund a EUR 2 mn grant for a strategic action plan to develop water resources in the Komadugu-Yobe basin in northern Nigeria. Over 15...
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Water disruptions continue to plague E-Cape

By Liesl Frankson Butterworth and surrounding areas in the Eastern Cape have been plagued by recent water interruptions as a result of a worn bearings pump, the Amathole District Municipality said. The municipality says its mechanical and...

Department clamps down on illegal water use

The Department of Water and Sanitation is expected to carry out raids in certain areas of the country to stop people from all sectors abstracting water illegally from rivers and other water resources. The raids, which will also be conducted on...