The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) is calling on all unemployed built environment professionals, registered or not, to submit their details and credentials to help create a detailed map of the skills pool within the country. The council as...
The masterplan for the multimillion rand Westdene Dam Precinct upgrade has been approved and the first part of the project is expected to start in a matter of weeks. Announcing the project at a public meeting at the Westdene Recreation Centre this...
A bus hit a cargo truck north of Ghana’s second city Kumasi overnight, killing 71 people in the West African country’s deadliest road crash for years, authorities said on Thursday. The head-on crash, which left 13 people seriously...
The phase 1 of the Spring Grove Dam in KwaZulu-Natal Province is complete and work is set for phase 2. After completion of the full project the Dam will supply water from the Kamberg catchment area of the Drakensberg to six KwaZulu-Natal local and...
A plan with funding for 60 major infrastructure projects, including strategic port and linking transport infrastructure investments, has been prepared ahead of the sixth Tokyo International Conference on African Development. The event will be...
Construction on six new bridges in Mozambique has been completed, putting a major infrastructure project back on track after it was nearly derailed by a natural disaster. The Compact 200 bridges, supplied by UK manufacturer Mabey Bridge, are...
The Department of Transport has announced new toll tariffs for Gauteng’s highways, which will be effective from next month. “The toll tariffs are adjusted annually in line with the Consumer Price Index (CPI),” the department said on Thursday in a...
Truck drivers in South Africa get a bad rap because numerous road deaths involve trucks and heavy-duty vehicles. Many of these accidents are preventable but are not the sole responsibility of drivers. Corporates and business owners must make use of...
The City of Cape Town’s new recyclable exchange platform has been upgraded and is already connecting a number of businesses who now make use of each other’s waste products. The Integrated Waste Exchange (IWEX) service, which is now smoother,...