“WaterWatchers,” a new mobile app, harnesses the power of crowdsourcing to report water leaks and issues.

Denmark has committed to help South Africa meet its future goals of a low carbon economy and reducing the growth of greenhouse gases through the deployment of low carbon technologies in the country.

Transnet and the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) have on Monday signed an agreement which will see the two working to identify possible areas of cooperation in all areas of Transnet’s operations.

Plans for a makeover of South African trains to install air conditioning, security cameras and bigger seats in all passenger coaches were unveiled on Tuesday.

Over the past year, residents of Carolina in Mpumalanga have been experiencing serious challenges in accessing drinkable water.

Government has signed the first agreements with independent power producers (IPP) that will see 1,400 megawatts of renewable energy being produced to meet the country's energy needs.

The recently approved Cape Town Spatial Development Framework (SDF) has won the South African Planning Institute’s Planning Award for Best Municipal Project.

During its most recent annual conference the International Downtown Association recognised the Central City Improvement District (CCID) of Cape Town and the Cape Town Partnership with a Downtown Merit Award for its work and initiatives related to the urban management of the Cape Town CBD.

The City of Cape Town’s Community Services Directorate is embarking on a series of planned upgrades, with the intention of providing quality recreational and educational services across the City. In total, the upgrades will cost more than R132 million over the next municipal financial year.

Durban will spend about R25 billion upgrading its public transport system in the next 10 years, the Mercury reported on Tuesday.

The Export-Import Bank of the United States and South Africa have signed a $2 billion Declaration of Intent (DoI) to help advance the country's green energy schemes.

An agreement between two leading private entities has led to a ground-breaking project that is expected to provide a 107 MW power plant, which will use gas from Mozambique to provide an interim power supply to South Africa and Mozambique.

South Africa is on track to become a manufacturer of locomotives for the rest of Africa, Transnet chief executive Brian Molefe said yesterday.

During April, IMPERIAL I-Pledge and the N3 Toll Concession (N3TC) once again joined forces in a partnership which added five branded vehicles, provided by Europcar, a division of IMPERIAL, to support N3TC’s existing fleet of 11 route patrol vehicles with additional route surveillance, roadside assistance and law enforcement support from 3 April to1 May 2012.

Government on Friday unveiled a plan that authorities hope will turn the country's major cities into sustainable economic hubs.

South Africa's drinking water is among the best in the world, and the country remains among a few in the world where water can still be consumed from the tap, the Minister of Water and Environmental Affairs Edna Molewa said on Monday.

South African port operator Transnet Port Terminals (TPT) has committed capital expenditure of R33 billion (US $4.3 billion) over the next seven years to encourage economic growth and efficiencies in its port terminal management.

South African state company Transnet has signed a R1.8-billion deal to buy the old Durban International Airport, which will be turned into a multibillion-rand dug-out port that will boost the country's competitive edge while creating thousands of new jobs.

April signifies a new era for South Africa’s favourite no-frills airline, kulula.com. Earlier today, the airline announced a first-of-its-kind solution to deliver improved revenue streams at an increasingly turbulent time for the aviation industry.

Eight state-owned companies on Thursday pledged their support for the 49M campaign - the country's energy saving movement.

Government is looking into ways to reduce electricity tariff increases and will soon make a pronouncement on the matter, Energy Minister Dipuo Peters says.

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa) is to spend R136 billion on the acquisition of 7000 new trains and the upgrading and modernisation of train stations.  Of the total amount, R13 billion will be spent on infrastructure development and about R3 billion will be spent on the construction of new depots in Cape Town and Gauteng.

South Africa will spend billions of rands on new infrastructure in the coming years, focusing on rail and road projects, economic links in five regions in the country, new universities and refurbished hospitals, President Jacob Zuma said in his 2012 State of the Nation address.