Joburg promises to sort out your account in 30 days
Joburg residents' new billing complaints will be resolved within 30 days. This is the city's latest promise to residents who have had to put up with inflated bills, unnecessary cut-offs and a council struggling to fix the problem.
[Read More]Posted at 08:56AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns | Comments[15]
Skewed property valuation raises eyebrows in Umhlanga
A commercial property in Umhlanga owned by Durban tycoon Vivian Reddy, a close associate of President Jacob Zuma, was undervalued by R110 million in the 2012 general valuation roll, an error the eThekwini municipality says it has now corrected.
[Read More]Posted at 08:53AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns | Comments[6]
No stone unturned in Houghton heritage wall war
The sheet metal fencing erected around a heritage property in Houghton has to be removed within 30 days.
[Read More]Posted at 08:50AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Residents want to be heard over Durban port plans
Residents of the heavily industrialised south Durban suburbs have demanded more specific information on how their lives and communities would be altered by the multibillion-rand plan to create a new dig-out harbour and expanded industrial zone near the old international airport.
[Read More]Posted at 08:37AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns |
Auction Alliance in court bid to outlaw multiple raids
Lawyers for Auction Alliance filed papers in the Western Cape High Court on Wednesday to challenge the warrant used by an anti-corruption task team which raided the company's 13 offices around the country on Tuesday.
[Read More]Posted at 08:07AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Auctions | Comments[7]
Working together to improve township life in Franschoek
Langrug residents are not waiting for the government to deliver - they are forging their own future.
[Read More]Posted at 08:06AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns | Comments[1]
US agency signs wi-fi research grant with Cape Town
The city of Cape Town and the US Trade and Development Agency signed a $315 000 (R2.5 million) grant for a wi-fi internet research study in Mitchells Plain and Khayelitsha on Wednesday.
[Read More]Posted at 08:04AM Aug 10, 2012 by Editor in Cities and Towns |