It will cost the state more than R6 billion to complete 32 hospitals’ safety rating. The decline and deterioration of hospitals is particularly seen in electrical installations, fire protection equipment, elevator regulations and storage facilities. The condition can be attributed to contractors who do not deliver quality work and poor maintenance programs. There is concern..
Continue reading…
R6bn needed to renovate Gauteng hospitals – National Health Plan may be on ice
Posted on Leave a comment
Limpopo roads agency faces R118m in damage claims from potholes alone due to poor management and maintenance
Posted on Leave a comment
Poor management and maintenance of SA roads has resulted in damages claims that are eroding municipal budgets. Picture Supplied. A road damaged by rain and snow, that is in need of maintenance. Broken asphalt pavement resulting in a pothole, dangerous to vehicles. The Limpopo department of public works and its entity, Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL),..
Continue reading…
Forget power cuts. What’s happening to our water supply is much more serious. After two decades of little or no maintenance of municipal sewerage plants, SA is vulnerable to medieval, water-borne diseases and something even more serious: thirst.
Posted on Leave a comment
Villages, towns and even a capital city are experiencing severe water shortages, caused by a combination of years of bad management and drought. Many Limpopo villages have no water at all. Kimberley has its water switched off every night. The army is trying to stop millions of litres of sewage from going into the Vaal..
Continue reading…
Gauteng’s day “Zero” – Only one of the three water treatment plants in Gauteng is in working condition due to ignorance and no maintenance
Posted on Leave a comment
The Cape’s water crisis has been temporarily dismissed and now it is the Gauteng province that is facing a water and sewer crisis. The problem lies not only in the high consumption of water, (300 liters per day per person), but also in the dumping of raw sewage in rivers that flows to the storage..
Continue reading…