Rain is plip-plopping on the pawpaw leaves in my soaked little garden, filling the late Dr Bjorn Uys's blue rain gauge, the Masterton's Chipembera coffee is strong like a rhino, and there is gentle company. But on Monday, the doughty old SA Weather Service dropped a press release saying big rain was coming down the eastern half of the country.
Macadamia nuts could be the financial future for rural farmers, according to Will Paxton, who worked with the trees in KwaZulu-Natal and now farms near East London.
Buffalo City Metro council has approved a budget of almost R10bn for the new financial year and dedicated 70% of it towards infrastructure development. According to the metro’s Integrated Development Plan (IDP), adopted by the council last week, there are plans to begin construction on more than 60,000 new residential units in various suburbs throughout the metro, a number of bulk water and sewerage infrastructure upgrades including upgrades to the Umzonyana wastewater treatment works; an ext.
Buffalo City Metro has set aside more than R10bn for major service delivery projects for the development of townships and beautification of the city for the 2022-2023 financial year. Metro mayor Xola Pakati has been virtually interacting with community members this week to get inputs on their draft 2022-2023 financial year Integrated Development Plan (IDP) and budget adopted by council in April.