The Western Cape Human Settlements Department has exceeded its housing delivery targets for the 2014/15 financial year. The department tabled its annual report in the Western Cape Provincial Legislature on Tuesday. It obtained a clean audit and...
The more than 20 water pipes which burst around Cape Town on Tuesday were indicative of “normal wear and tear”, a city official said. “Although it is unusual for so many faults to occur at the same time, this is not indicative of anything other...
South African Cities Network CEO Sithole Mbanga says despite the many successes that have been made since the amalgamation of municipalities, more still needs to happen to transform the local sphere of government. Speaking ahead of the Africities...
Human settlements require multidisciplinary expertise to fully realise the goals of Outcome 8 of the NDP. Kibiti Ntshumaelo, professional engineer and managing director of Lekwa Consulting Engineers, discusses how partnering with the public and...
The pressing need to harness the power of public infrastructure to boost economic growth and achieve national development goals is a priority at all levels of government. With 77% of the projected R813 billion to be spent on infrastructure,...
Energy is an inherent by-product of the gravitational force that drives the flow of water in our national pipelines. RITZ Pumps South Africa has the know-how and technology to utilise pumps as turbines, converting a latent resource into urgently...
Something very strange is going on in Cape Town, where just over 20 water pipes burst in the space of about an hour. The City of Cape Town’s alerts Twitter page first tweeted at about 10:40 on Tuesday that a water pipe had burst in Central...
Bridge City, a key link in KwaZulu-Natal’s rapidly developing Northern Growth Corridor, is attracting entrepreneurs and new entrants into the property development space. Brian Ive, a Development Executive at Tongaat Hulett Developments, said the...
Transport for Cape Town has set aside a special budget allocation of R18 million to implement 270 traffic calming projects across the city in the current financial year. “The majority of the traffic calming measures, such as speed humps, raised...
