News in South Africa 14th November: 1. Infrastructure collapsing: Around half of South Africa’s public infrastructure has collapsed or is close to collapsing, and needs to be addressed as soon as possible. This is the warning from the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice). Something has to be done or South Africa may become […]
News in South Africa 9th November: 1. COP27 pledges $10bil to go green: South Africa is one of the winners at COP27 — the International Partner Group (IPG) of five nations pledged an extra $10-billion to support the country’s transition investment plan from fossil fuels — but it will be costly. This was announced by […]
News in South Africa 8th November: 1. Joburg R2.2bn in debt: Gauteng told a SA Local Government Association (Salga) that the Johannesburg metro alone had eroded an opening balance of R409.4 million at the beginning of September to a negative balance of R835.5 million. The Ekurhuleni metro, which opened with R1.8 billion in its coffers, […]
