Water Sense by Sasol wins the Water Management Award.
Infrastructure spending on the continent is expected to boost equipment sales further following a 30% increase in the past financial year.
All the gushing about growth largely ignores the continent’s political risks and challenges, says Dianna Games.
Like many other state endeavours, the costs of Transnet’s latest fuel project have kept on soaring, writes Lynley Donnelly.
Increased labour unrest was unlikely to derail the state’s efforts to roll out infrastructure, Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has said.
Planning to revamp a province-wide public transport system is not to be taken lightly, particularly in an economic hub like Gauteng.
Anyone that has used the Gautrain can attest to the pleasure and ease of using a properly-designed public transport system.
The recent powercuts that hit about 620-million people in India were a sign of a democracy that takes power from its people, writes Randeep Ramesh.
Skills shortages are hampering the government’s multibillion-rand infrastructure roll-out plan, writes <b>Lloyd Gedye</b>
Moody’s has cut the rating of South Africa and the banking sector by a notch. This means the government’s infrastructure ambitions have to be trimmed.
The state, economists say, can afford to double its debt levels and lift borrowing to about R1-trillion to pay its ambitious infrastructure plans.
Analysts say the infrastructure drive unveiled by President Zuma must be combined with other programmes if it is to succeed in growing SA’s economy.
The acute shortage after refineries shut down has led to widespread delays in construction projects.
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/ 9 September 2011
Government has an R808-billion arsenal which it plans to use on maintaining and improving the country’s infrastructure over the next three years.
Western Cape slashes funding to poor schools rogramme despite experts’ warnings.
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/ 21 September 2010
"Mud schools" in the Eastern Cape might have to wait until 2011 before their legal application to improve their infrastructure is heard in court
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/ 13 November 2009
Africa’s infrastructure needs a big shot in the arm,
reports Lynley Donnelly.
Transnet was in talks with government over alternative funding after an announcement on tariff reductions was made by the National Energy Regulator.
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/ 11 November 2008
More needs to be done to stop a skills shortage from jeopardising crucial infrastructure projects, a survey has found.