Municipality sympathises with victims of fire
The Mayor of eThekwini Municipality, Cllr James Nxumalo, has sympathised with the residents of Siyathuthuka informal settlement near Sea Cow Lake who lost their homes when a fire ravaged through [...]
View ArticleDebra Roberts on climate change
Cities and climate change are discussed by Debra Roberts, head of governmental planning and climate protection department, Ethekwini municipality, Durban South Africa.
View ArticleModern & mechanised waste transfer station
The construction of the 1 200 t/d Electron Road Waste Transfer Station by eThekwini Municipality to serve the Durban area is almost 70% complete, Durban Solid Waste (DSW) Marc Wright tells Chantelle [...]
View ArticleEThekwini to re-join Blue Flag Programme
EThekwini Municipality will be re-entering the Blue Flag Programme this year, according to a statement by eThekwini Mayor James Nxumalo made on Thursday 13 June 2013. “Since 2008 Durban has [...]
View ArticleDurban CBD to be revitalised
eThekwini Municipality has announced developments that will revitalise Durban’s inner city and create models to absorb street dwellers and other vulnerable people into the mainstream economy. The...
View ArticleMunicipality to tackle water loss
The eThekwini Municipality will deploy all available resources in an attempt to reduce the escalating rate of water loss in the City, according to an announcement by the Municipality’s Communications […]
View ArticlePromoting sustainable and compliant governance
The Chair of the Finance and Procurement Committee, Counsellor Fawzia Peer, officially welcomed more than 1700 delegates to the 84th Institute of Municipal Financial Officers (IMFO) Annual Conference....
View ArticleTool aids carbon footprint measurement – saves tax
A tool that can measure an organisation’s carbon footprint and help reduce its emissions has been developed by international consulting engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV. The tool will be beneficial...
View ArticleCentre of Expertise is launched in eThekwini
Striving towards world class water and sanitation A unique new partnership between the Netherlands and eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) was launched at the Durban Country Club on 14...
View ArticlePrivate Sector Energy Efficiency project launched
The National Business Initiative (NBI) together with the EThekwini Municipality launched the KZN Private Sector Energy Efficiency (PSEE) project at the Moses Mabhida Stadium, and they are calling on...
View ArticleRoadmaps to smarter cities
Durban has won the IBM Smarter City Challenge that will see IBM experts providing expertise and working with the City’s leadership to develop a roadmap to a smart city which […]
View ArticleCreating a new human settlement
482 houses in the initial phase at the Cornubia mixed development have been completed and handed over to residents. Once complete, Cornubia will be a mixed-use development of housing, commercial […]
View ArticleeThekwini educates municipalities on solid waste management
The eThekwini Municipality recently introduced practitioners from over 20 municipalities to its innovative approaches to waste management at a Solid Waste Management Master Class. The three-day class,...
View ArticleTongaat Mall contractors ignored compliance order
It has been alleged that the constructors of the Tongaat Shopping Mall, which collapsed on 19 November last year, ignored a compliance order stopping them from proceeding with the construction. […]
View ArticleSmart City app to reinvigorate service delivery
The eThekwini Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal will be the first of what is expected to be many public sector entities that will benefit from a new Smart City mobile application. The […]
View ArticleNon-Motorised Transport Network launched in Durban
Echoing the vision of the City of Curitiba, Brazil, at the launch of the eThekwini’s Non-Motorised Transport (NMT) Network at the Green Hub in Durban the Mayor of the eThekwini […]
View ArticleKZN municipalities honoured for achieving clean audit
The eThekwini Municipality, and four other KwaZulu-Natal municipalities, have been honoured for achieving clean audits. The provincial Municipal Excellence Awards – held in Durban this weekend – seek...
View ArticleJoint statement: Ethekwini Municipality and Dr Michael Sutcliffe
The defamation action brought by Dr Michael Sutcliffe against the City Manager, Mr Sibusiso Sithole and eThekwini Municipality has been settled. The defamation action arose from a statement made by […]
View ArticleEl Nino blamed for potential water shortage in KZN
By Liesl Frankson In recent years we’ve been made aware that the global climate is changing and water is the primary medium through which climate change impacts the earth’s ecosystem […]
View ArticleeThekwini plans for new look bluff beaches
The eThekwini Municipality is planning a new look for the Bluff beaches and it hosted public meetings in the South Durban Basin this week to discuss a proposed plan to […]
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