Treasury Director General Dondo Mogajane says that good infrastructure projects, that create jobs, will not go unfunded. Treasury, the DBSA and others signed an MoA related to a R100 billion infrastructure fund to support the economy.Treasury Director General Dondo Mogajane says there are systems in place to ensure that there is no corruption in these…
Tasneem Motara. Dino Lloyd/Gallo Images via Getty Images Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development and Property Management, Tasneem Motara, has tested positive for Covid-19. Motara will undergo the 14-day isolation period as a result. The Gauteng provincial government has wished her a speedy recovery.Gauteng MEC for Infrastructure Development, Tasneem Motara, has tested positive for Covid-19, the provincial government confirmed in…
Finance Minister Tito Mboweni. Gallo Images/Phill Magakoe) Finance Minister Tito Mboweni has said infrastructure investment is needed to grow the economy post-Covid-19.The government has committed R100 billion over 10 years towards an infrastructure fund.Mboweni says together with the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the government has identified projects that will be funded through the budget…
President Cyril Ramphosa has announced that SA is looking at 276 new infrastructure projects to revive the economy. Photo: GCIS SA unveiled its inaugural Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium with projects running to trillions of randsOther countries are also looking at infrastructure to lift their economies from the Covid-19 slump and therefore competition is rifeThe question…
South Africa’s government is considering selling a green infrastructure bond worth tens of billions of rand as part of its biggest drive ever to kickstart private investment in projects ranging from energy to water reticulation.The proposed instrument is one of several mechanisms the country could use to raise finance for projects worth as much as…
Kataza the baboon. Facebook / Baboon Matters The City of Cape Town has asked the public not to feed a baboon that has relocated to Tokai. The baboon, known as Kataza or SK11, is slowly being integrated into the Tokai troop. Video footage, however, shows humans feeding Kataza. The City of Cape Town has requested that Kataza…
As SA Rugby moves to determine which franchises will go to Europe in future, Rassie Erasmus has noted several potential benefits for the local game should that route be followed.The national director of rugby believes the high world rankings of Wales, Ireland and Scotland mean PRO Rugby is competitive and that fans will eventually identify…
(John Finney Photography/Moment/Getty Images) An abnormally bad season of weather may have had a significant impact on the death toll from both World War I and the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic, according to new research, with many more lives being lost due to torrential rain and plummeting temperatures. Through a detailed analysis of an ice…