President Jacob Zuma has launched Operation Phakisa, an approach to implement government’s policies and programmes better, faster and more effectively. Operation Phakisa is an adaption of Malaysia’s Big Fast Results methodology. According to Zuma,...
A number of roads in Limpopo have been declared by the Department of Transport as national roads. According to the Government Gazette published on 10 July 2014 (Gazette 37815), the newly incorporated roads, amount to 1 535.7 km, will now be under...
The headquarters of the BRICS New Development Bank (NDB) will be located in Shanghai. This decision was made at the sixth BRICS Summit currently underway in Brazil. The bank’s Africa Regional Centre will be established in Johannesburg, South Africa...
The Department of Human Settlements plans to build 1.5 million houses in partnership with the private sector, all stakeholders and communities, over the next five years. “South Africa is about to become the biggest construction site in Africa and...
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has withdrawn its latest wage offer after Numsa publicly rejected it on Sunday. Seifsa offered Numsa a 10% increase in 2014, followed by a 9.5% in 2015 and 9% in 2016. It...
Minister of Water and Sanitation Nomvula Mokonyane says her department will provide a sustainable and holistic water value chain as guided by the National Development Plan, the ANC manifesto, and the second National Water Resource Strategy....
Sub-Saharan Africa still has a long way to go to meet the 2015 Millennium Development Goal (MDG) targets. Close to half of the global population without water resides in sub-Saharan Africa. The region has also made little progress on improving...
South Africa has indicated its willingness and desire to offer Johannesburg as a host for the BRICS Development Bank. Trade and Industry Minister Rob Davies told the media it would be an advantage if the BRICS Development Bank was to be located in...
As the first FAW commercial vehicle rolled off the assembly line President Jacob Zuma officially opened the new FAW Vehicle Manufacturers SA production plant in South Africa. The new First Automobile Works (FAW) South Africa vehicle assembly plant...
