Related Articles
Top Stories
May 27 2012 11:21
There's a price war raging between South Africa's cellphone networks after Cell C lowered the rates of its prepaid calls by more than 34%.
May 27 2012 13:09
The oversupply of golf estates has claimed another victim.
May 28 2012 07:53
The City of Cape Town has spent R175m running the Myciti bus service since the Soccer World Cup compared to an income of R35m, a report says.
Cape Town - Water Affairs and Forestry Minister Buyelwa Sonjica signed agreements on Tuesday to pipe water from the Vaal river system to industries in Mpumalanga.
The water supply and payment agreements were with Sasol, Eskom and the Trans Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA).
They paved the way for the off-budget, long-term financing of the R2.5bn project - a government initiative to support sustainable economic growth in the country, said TCTA spokesperson Gijimani Vezi.
The 115km Vaal pipeline will transfer 160 million cubic metres of water a year to a distribution structure at Knoppiesfontein, near Secunda.
Work on the project is expected to start in November, with completion scheduled for November 2007. It is expected to provide 750 job opportunities.
The pipeline supply and installation contract is valued at R1.6bn. The contract for civil structures, mechanical, electrical and instrumentation - valued at about R600m - has yet to be awarded.