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Municipal finance under the spotlight

The South Africa auditor-general, Terence Nombembe, has stated that a lack of “committed” leadership lies behind the sharp deterioration in financial management in municipalities. Nombembe has indicated that only nine municipalities in the country...
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South Africa’s infrastructure needs intervention

While the plight of hundreds of thousands of people in the country not having access to clean water and sanitation on a daily basis is common knowledge South Africa has reached a new and unforeseen dilemma – poor service delivery to private and...
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Will Inga III ever happen?

There are big aspirations for Africa’s largest hydroelectric project, Inga III that is set to be built in the Democratic Republic of Congo. But analysts are sceptical that such an ambitious project will ever in fact be realised due to the project...
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Sanral not impressed by blame game

South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) CEO Nazir Ali has dismissed claims by former Murray & Roberts CEO Brian Bruce that the agency approached only six companies to tender for road contracts during the 2010 World Cup. The construction...
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Russian firm promises South Africa 15 000 jobs

Russian state-owned nuclear company, Rosatom, says it will create more than 15 000 jobs in association with stakeholders of the South African nuclear program. Speaking at the annual industry convention of the Nuclear Industry Association of South...
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Joining fleet for first time

Four Iveco Daily’s have joined Globeflight’s fleet for the first time as the courier company look at diversifying its current range of vehicles. Speaking to TWA at the handover, Vincent Muller national fleet manager for Globeflight said these four...
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New head for province’s top department

Jacqui Gooch, has been appointed as the new HOD for the Department of Transport and Public Works in the Western Cape taking up the position at the beginning of November.The current HOD, Johan Fourie retires at the end of October and since the...