Improving public transport between urban and rural areas was recently addressed by Cabinet in an effort to help develop local economies. A draft review of the rural transport strategy, which was approved by Cabinet members on Thursday, focuses on...
By Rianté Naidoo Johannesburg’s infrastructure is crumbling, and was left to decay by the previous administration, mayco member Nonhlanhla Makhuba told media at Thursday’s sod turning ceremony on the M2 Freeway. To improve current infrastructure...
Africans must not expect others to invest in what we ourselves, are not ready to invest in, said new finance minister Malusi Gigaba at the World Economic Forum in Durban. Speaking about investing in infrastructure to grow the country’s economy,...
As two of the biggest economies in Africa, South Africa and Nigeria’s recent credit rating downgrades will impact Africa’s overall economic growth. This is according to TC Chetty, manager at Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors’ (RICS) South...
SRK Consulting SA was rated as one of South Africa’s top five companies in the consulting engineering (mining and infrastructure) segment in the recent Top 500 Companies Awards. The awards survey over 3 000 businesses and honour those who excel in...
Following the approval of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project’s (LHWP) Phase II Compensation Policy, a consultative workshop was recently held by the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA). The workshop was used as a platform to unpack the...
The value of infrastructure projects in East Africa fell by 52 per cent in 2016 to $27.4 billion, down from $57.5 billion in 2015, according to Africa Construction Trends Report by Deloitte Africa. The drop is attributable to reduction in...
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan gave his 2017 Budget Speech yesterday, announcing some big budgets for infrastructure across the board. According to Gordhan, the budget continues to prioritise both national and provincial economic infrastructure...
By Matt Coetzee By 2050, the UN predicts that cities will somehow accommodate a massive 2.5 billion more people than the 4 billion that already live there. The big question is: Where are they all going to go? How do we make sure these places are...
