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Vandals ruin water supply for Eastern Cape villageNombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Dean Muruven, Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group, Johannesburg

Africa's $170bn infrastructure challenge demands a nature-first approach

By Dean Muruven 4 Sep 2025

Protecting the people who keep your business moving

Protecting the people who keep your business moving

2 Sep 2025

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SAICE inaugurates 2025 president, on path to net zero

20 Dec 2024

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Joburg water supply expected to be fully restored in time for Christmas

19 Dec 2024

DPSA Provincial Treasurer, Redewaan Ederies, DPSA Provincial Chairperson, Bongani Yamba, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, and DPSA Programme Manager, Nyameko Mpulu.

WCG and DPSA sign MOU to build accessible infrastructure

17 Dec 2024

South Africa needs 14,000km of transmission cables over the next decade. Source: Pok Rie/Pexels

Government tackles transmission crisis with private sector collaboration

Lindsey Schutters 11 Dec 2024

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Basic Education launches app to track eradication of pit toilets

11 Dec 2024

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Dam owners called to register their dams within 60 days

2 Dec 2024

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How Ninety One is closing Africa’s infrastructure gap

25 Nov 2024

A 3D render of an Oasis BESS site

R7bn battery projects reach financial close to boost Eskom resilience

21 Nov 2024

Barloworld Equipment executive for operations in South Africa, Bongani Miya.

Sustainable infrastructure plays a vital role in the future of Africa

20 Nov 2024

Deputy finance minister Ashor Sarupen visited the National Construction Summit to deliver a R63bn Construction Mafia warning. Source: x.com

Treasury estimates economic cost of Construction Mafia at R63bn so far

Lindsey Schutters 19 Nov 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

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City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions

12 Nov 2024

Minister of Public Works played the classics in his opening remarks at the MinMEC

Macpherson eyes EPWP reform for job creation and economic growth

Lindsey Schutters 5 Nov 2024

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South Africa aims to attract more private investment into infrastructure

31 Oct 2024

Minister Godongwana remained firm on the Treasury stance regarding no further Transnet bailouts. Source: x.com

#MTBPS2024: Minerals Council suggests bigger Transnet bailout

Lindsey Schutters 30 Oct 2024

Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development chairperson Xola Nqola

Justice committee blasts DPWI over court infrastructure crisis

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2024

Prasa and Sanral given January deadline for turnaround plan

Prasa and Sanral given January deadline for turnaround plan

Lindsey Schutters 24 Oct 2024

Minister Parks Tau applauded the resillience of the SA auto industry

#SAAutoWeek: DTIC lauds APDP and AIS initiatives

Lindsey Schutters 22 Oct 2024

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Sanral boosts SA's road network with R27.1bn investment

15 Oct 2024

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#AOW2024: Transnet lifts lid on gas pipeline project

10 Oct 2024

SafeQuip launches lithium-ion battery fire extinguishers

SafeQuip launches lithium-ion battery fire extinguishers

SafeQuip 1 Oct 2024

Unlocking the blueprint for South Africa's infrastructure development

Unlocking the blueprint for South Africa's infrastructure development

Sabine Dall'Omo 30 Sep 2024

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SA green hydrogen economy goes commercial

Lindsey Schutters 23 Sep 2024

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New water resources infrastructure agency bill to boost development, finance

Calvin Nchabeleng and Makgati Makgatho 10 Sep 2024

Aqunion CEO Rowan Yearsley would like to expand the solar project, but is mindful of the overinvestment risks.

How Aqunion abalone farm threads the cost-effective solar needle

Lindsey Schutters 27 Aug 2024

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Broll wins Robben Island management contract

Katja Hamilton 16 Aug 2024

Navigating conflict in construction

Navigating conflict in construction

Cox Yeats 16 Aug 2024

The Gcuwa River at Butterworth has been contaminated by constant flows of raw sewage for eight years, and has become a dump site. Photo: Manqulo Nyakombi / GroundUp

Eight years and counting - sewage spills into Butterworth river

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 13 Aug 2024

Source: G20.org/Diogo Zacarias/MF. Brasil’s Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen during the signing of a landmark climate partnership agreement during the G20 Finance Track ministerial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.

G20 ministers spotlight $400m Emerging Markets Transition Debt scheme

29 Jul 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leaning hard on infrastructure as the route to SA's prosperity.

Ramaphosa puts infrastructure at centre of GNU

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jul 2024

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