THE Department of Co-operative Governance and Traditional Affairs has launched a pilot project to rollout the turnaround strategy in three municipalities

THE United Nations has declared 2010 as the International Year of Biodiversity, a celebration of life on earth and the recognition of the links between biodiversity.

ENGINEERS working on the City’s new integrated rapid transit system have come up with customised solutions for road sharing between private and public transport.

A FIRST for Africa, the project will produce enough electricity for thousands of medium-income households in the Durban area.

REPORT indicates that the City achieved record levels of expenditure as well as its sixth consecutive unqualified audit in the last financial year.

A MASSIVE 300MW wind farm is under development near the agricultural region of Caledon in the southern Western Cape.

THE city "should be proud" to lead the way in sustainable transport in Africa and the world, experts say at the Sustainable Transport Awards in the US.

AS part of a major project to roll out affordable broadband connectivity in the metro, a new company has been launched to deliver Johannesburg's vision of being a smart, digital city.

MAYORAL Committee adopts the Medium Term Revenue and Expenditure Framework to guide the municipality’s budget formulation for the next three years.

THE metro is working on boosting capacity of all its health facilities to ensure that they are ready to receive and assist patients for ARV treatment.

THE community of Meadowlands, in Soweto, has launched a foundation that will work towards economic development for the area.

JOHANNESBURG Mayor Amos Masondo joins other mayors from 80 cities at the Copenhagen climate talks in a call for a stronger role for cities in reducing emissions.

THE successive clean audits are expected to improve investor confidence in Joburg and boost the metro’s credit ratings.

TASK team to investigate deteriorating heritage buildings and social infrastructure throughout Nelson Mandela Bay and make recommendations.

THE City of Cape Town, in collaboration with the South African Property Owners Association, the South African Council for Shopping Centres and Eskom, has launched a new Energy Efficiency Forum.

PROCESS of accrediting metered taxis has began to ensure passengers, particularly tourists, are provided with decent level of service.

THE two-week long United Nations conference held in Copenhagen ended without reaching an internationally legally binding agreement.

THE national planning commission, led by Minister Trevor Manuel, will guide the country's short and long term development goals.

THE City has signed an agreement to promote public access to information held by government, as well as a greater level of transparency in official affairs.

OVER 780 000 properties to be valued using new methodology to ensure that the rates charged on residential and non-residential properties are fair and up-to-date.