Westown represents one of South Africa's biggest efforts to create "smart city" spaces on a large scale. The country has seen previous attempts to build tech-centric urban hubs, such as the Lanseria ...

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Johannesburg is the wealthiest city in South Africa and the country’s economic ... alone will cost over R16 billion. Some of its projects, like the Lilian Ngoyi street reconstruction, have ...

will enable access for Lesotho to the South African side of the river to construct two weirs under its Market Driven Irrigated Horticulture (MDIH) project for the development of irrigation ...

The block-making machine has been demonstrated to the private sector, municipal officials, housing-sector representatives and ...

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South Africa approved a Renewable Energy Masterplan (SAREM), aiming to secure energy and boost industrial growth. This ...

South Africa leads in conference destinations in Africa and the Middle East, with Cape Town as its flagship convention city. Major upcoming events, including the G20 summit in 2025, underscore the ...

enough to power about 200 000 South African households, and offset nearly one-million tonnes of CO 2 emissions a year. The projects will also add about 5% to the country’s total solar PV capacity.

South Africa’s ambitious renewable energy masterplan has been approved, but will need huge funding and co-ordination between government departments.