KwaZulu-Natal Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs MEC Nomusa Dube-Ncube has urged municipalities to create more jobs through the country’s infrastructure roll-out programme. “As government prepares to spend trillions of rands in...
The focus over the next three years will be on reviewing the local government infrastructure grants system, Minister of Finance Nhlanhla Nene said during his budget vote. Improved service delivery at local level is a critical government objective....
The New Development Bank established by the five BRICS nations will play an important role in stitching together sub-Saharan African countries into one economic community. The World Bank estimates that sub-Saharan Africa requires US$93 billion per...
Lack of adequate physical infrastructure is one of the major bottlenecks standing in the way of integration to enable common and broad based development in Africa. Despite robust GDP gains by many countries in recent years, Africa’s...
The formation of a BRICS New Development Bank was announced at the 6th BRICS Summit*, and is aimed at mobilising resources for infrastructure and sustainable development projects in developing nations. While the head office will be based in...
The National Treasury has described the newly established BRICS New Development Bank and the Contingent Reserve Arrangement as a significant milestone for developing countries. President Jacob Zuma has even hailed the establishment of the bank “an...
Public Works Minister Thembelan Nxesi has identified the creation of six million work opportunities for poor and unemployed people as one of his five key priority areas in the next five years. The minister said this will be done through the...
As a strategic partner of the upcoming Infrastructure Africa Business Forum, the Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development is committed to ensuring the successful roll-out of world-class infrastructure in the province, and indirectly,...
The Department of Infrastructure Development is revising its five year strategy and plans to be in line with government’s new ten pillar programme of radical transformation, modernisation and re-industrialisation. “Our vision is to be a leading...
