The CEO of engineering and infrastructure advisory firm Aurecon, Giam Swiegers, recently announced a number of new leadership appointments as the global firm ramped up its investment in its advisory practice to support a growing demand for...
The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has announced its intention to impose water restrictions in the Western Cape Province as dam levels across the country continue to decline week on week. The major dams supplying the Western Cape Water...
In his reading of the National Budget Speech 2016/17 on 8 June this year, Ugandan Finance Minister Matia Kasaijia noted that funding strategic transport, energy and Information Communications Technology (ICT) infrastructure was a key priority of...
Several high-profile speakers at Infrastructure Africa have highlighted woman empowerment as a key to unlocking Africa’s potential. Speaking at the event, The African Development Bank Group’s Special Envoy on Gender, Geraldine...
 The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) in Limpopo reports that it has made considerable progress in delivery of water and sanitation services in the region. According to Chief Director of the Limpopo department Lesiba Tloubatla, the...
Infrastructure development is one of the Gauteng government’s central pillars of focus in its new economic plan. Speaking at the Gauteng Economic Indaba currently underway on Johannesburg, Gauteng Premier David Makhura said the Gauteng government...
The Gauteng Provincial Government has launched a new technology solution set to revolutionise how it delivers the massive infrastructure projects under its management, worth over R30 billion. The new nerve centre, to be known as Lutsinga...
Developing countries’ domestic capital markets are very shallow and will take time to strengthen and deepen. But the urgency of the infrastructure task requires financing right now, which means international markets have to be tapped. This is...
Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille has denied that the City of Cape Town is not spending enough on sanitation after she was served with a petition ahead of her 2016/17 budget speech last week. Approximately 100 members of the Social Justice...
