Residents of Mashishing have gathered for the second time in two weeks to take the municipality to task over poor service delivery. The Mpumalanga town has been hit by a series of power and water cuts in recent weeks. Source:...
The Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has outlined its plans and promises during the State of the City address in March. Now the City is ready to deliver its budget to complement its promises, thus Member of the Mayoral Committee on Finance, Clr...
The recent findings by the Auditor- General of South Africa (AGSA) pertaining to the use of consultants by the government are both a worry and a concern, says Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) CEO Graham Pirie. South Africa’s deputy...
The Built Environment Professions Grouping (BEPs) collectively has voiced their concerns pertaining to infrastructure bottlenecks or lack of infrastructure delivery as well as inadequacies in mechanisms to procure their professional services. The...
Role players within the sphere of infrastructure delivery and construction should expect the parameters in which they have operated over the last three years to remain as certain as death and taxes during 2013, writes Richard Jansen van Vuuren. The...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) has expressed concern about the Auditor General’s (AG) findings regarding the woes plaguing the Department of Public Works, which led to the department getting another disclaimer for the 2011/12 financial...
Access to clean drinking water has been the subject of service delivery protests and even court action. For some communities, having permanent access to the resource has become a luxury. Unhappiness with the pace of delivery has seen many...
Moody’s Investors Service cut South Africa’s government bond rating by one notch to Baa1 from A3 last Thursday, citing worries about the country’s institutions as well as future political stability and room for policy maneuvering....
The North West provincial legislature’s portfolio committee on public works yesterday resolved to call on Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi and Transport Minister Ben Martins to take over running the province’s public works, roads and transport...
