Cape Town Not Required to Provide Uninterrupted Supply of Water - Councillor
James de VilliersCape Town - The City of Cape Town is not required to provide "an uninterrupted supply" of water to residents, mayoral committee member Water and Waste Services Xanthea Limberg...
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Activists halt Woodstock eviction
“This is the direct impact of gentrification”By Ashraf HendricksCarmina Vieira is facing eviction from her home in Woodstock. She says she is struggling to find affordable alternative accommodation....
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We want to buy electricity, say East London residents
But the electricity transformer in Duncan Village burnt out three years agoBy Thembela NtonganaDuncan Village Site C in East London where residents have been without a legal electricity supply for...
View ArticleUS investors pledge over $1 billion for South Africa
Hardly 24 hours after Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba tabled what was a difficult medium term budget, a leading United States investor has announced plans to invest over $1 billion in South Africa over...
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Private security in Africa: time to regulate the bad and harness the good
Private security guards secure Uber offices in Parktown, a suburb of Johannesburg. Its drivers are constantly under attack. Reuters/Siphiwe SibekoA familiar scene plays itself out daily whenever I...
View ArticleTrade contributes to 15% of South Africa's GDP
Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) has revealed that not only did the trade industry contribute to 15% of South Africa’s 2015 GDP, but it is also the biggest employer in the formal business sector. A...
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Engineering student develops solution to CT water crisis
Nkosinathi Nkomo, a civil engineering student at the University of Cape Town has come up with a solution to the water crisis in Cape Town. After being unable to register in 2017 due to lack of funds,...
View ArticleSAP linked to Gupta Corruption Scandal
JOHANNESBURG — SAP chair Hasso Plattner has met his promise to provide an update on its investigation into bribes paid by the multinational’s South African office to Gupta-linked companies which...
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Learning about Waste Management and Circular Economy: a UCLG Roleplay
Language UndefinedImage: Link: ReadImage: Year: 2017Themes: City to City LearningSustainable DevelopmentOther: No Broadcast by: https://www.uclg.org/en/node/27790
View ArticleConstruction of Maputo-Katembe Bridge Nears Completion
Thus a handful of illegal sellers have delayed the conclusion by some months of an investment costing around 700 million dollars, and so far the Council has been too timid to use force against...
View ArticleSettlement Reached Over R35 Billion Durban's Point Waterfront Upgrade
A R35bn project to further upgrade Durban's Point Waterfront - which had stalled because watersports clubs in the area refused to vacate their premises - can begin in earnest after all parties signed a...
View ArticlePermanent Preemptive Monitoring in Cameroon
By Lukong Pius NyuylimeThe rapid expansion of the major cities of Yaounde and Douala as well as other big towns as a result of rural exodus in search of jobs and better life is bringing untold...
View ArticleAngola - 2017 Projekta Regarded As Positive
Luanda — The chairman of the Board of Directors of Grupo Arena, Bruno Albernaz, made on Saturday a positive and satisfactory assessment of the 14th edition of the International Exhibition of Civil...
View ArticleSmall Housing Developers Face Disruption By Government Plan
By James KariukiOne-man real estate firms dominating the residential housing scene face imminent disruption after the government invited real estate conglomerates to put up 8,000 units using modern...
View ArticleGauteng recovers illegally occupied buildings
The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) has launched an initiative to recover government buildings that are illegally occupied.The department intends to use these buildings for...
View ArticleHarare Signs Deals for Construction Projects
By Conrad MwanawasheHarare City Council has signed deals with leading financial institutions that will lead to the rolling out of major construction works covering housing, road, terminuses and...
View ArticleIn Africa, Shift to Cities Could Drive Growth
By Victor KipropAs more people move to urban areas in Africa, the United Nations wants governments to use the numbers to drive industrialisation.In its 2017 Economic Report on Africa launched in Kigali...
View ArticleSON to Deploy ISO Standard 3,700 for Emerging Smart Cities
By Anthony OtaruAbuja — The Standards Organization of Nigeria (SON) and the International Standard Organization have concluded plans to deploy Standard 3,700 technology for better take-off of emerging...
View ArticleFarmers in Tug-of-War With Housing Contractor
By John MuyambaRundu — A project intended to reduce the housing backlog in Rundu is well on track despite efforts by some community members to try to stall the project on grounds it has affected their...
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World Forum for Democracy 2017
08-10 November 2017.Strasbourg, France+ INFO: www.coe.intThe World Forum for Democracy is a unique platform for political decision-makers and activists to debate solutions to key challenges for...
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