Tag: DPWI
Government is actively working to improve cyber security – Minister in...
Cyber security is one component of South African Minister in the Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni’s responsibilities with her “assuring” the country it is receiving the...
DPWI victim of R300 million cyber theft
Recently appointed Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean MacPherson, revealed on 10 July that the department had been the target of at least...
Ninety-six percent of DoD/SANDF buildings need maintenance
The malaise running through Minister Thandi Modise’s Department of Defence (DoD) and the SA National Defence Force (SANDF) stretches from prime mission equipment through...
Court denies Beitbridge fence contractors’ profit
That then Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille’s well-intentioned plan to provide an extra buffer against COVID-19 in the vicinity of the...
Government says it is bolstering border security
The Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) is undertaking several initiatives to improve South Africa’s border security, including the construction of a new...
National defence force divorcing Public Works and Infrastructure
South Africa’s military facilities are the grounds for divorce proceedings currently underway between the Department of Defence (DoD) and Minister Patricia de Lille’s Department...
Parliament joins SANDF as anti-DPWI
Patricia de Lille’s Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) has again been pushed out of the picture, this time by Finance Minister Enoch...
Tension between DPWI and DoD over military infrastructure maintenance
The Department of Defence’s (DoD’s) dissatisfaction with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) over military facilities maintenance has seen the DoD prohibit...
DoD slams De Lille’s Public Works and Infrastructure
Parliamentarians heard a Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) R2 million plus quote for roof repairs at 3 Military Hospital was rejected with...
Public Works Minister on second oversight visit to AFB Durban
The interest shown in flood repair work at Air Force Base (AFB) Durban by Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille is seen...
Another Welisizwe bridge ready for use
Last month’s devastating floods in KwaZulu-Natal provided added impetus to the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure’s (DPWI’s) Welisizwe rural bridges programme, of which...
Sappers’ bridge building expertise harnessed in KwaZulu-Natal
The Engineer Formation of the SA Army will, via an agreement with the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI), erect 18 bridges in...
Beitbridge fence contractors fined millions
That Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille’s well-intentioned plan to beef up the border fence in the immediate vicinity of the Beitbridge...
Public Works in the dock over poor court and prison maintenance
Justice and Correctional Services Minister Ronald Lamola appears to have similar problems with Patricia de Lille’s Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) as...
New border fencing and improved military facilities in the pipeline
The newest addition to South Africa’s list of agencies, authorities and other government sanctioned organisations – the Border Management Authority (BMA) – is set...
Bridges link Ekhamanzi community to schools, clinics
Public Works and Infrastructure (DPWI) Minister Patricia de Lille and KwaZulu-Natal Transport MEC Kwazi Mshengu are set to unveil three bridges in Ekhamanzi, in...
Construction of new Durban Air Force Base among Defence Works Formation...
Construction of Air Force Base Durban at King Shaka International Airport is underway and will see 15 Squadron move there once completed. This is...
