A PILOT project has been launched to erect signs in crime hot spots around the eThekwini region in an effort to raise awareness and vigilance.

THE Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality has allocated millions of rands to improve the lives of people living in informal settlements.

RESIDENTS living in the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality will soon get an opportunity to visit their local stadium earmarked for the 2010 FIFA World Cup, ahead of the event.

ALMOST 13 000 Comrades Marathon runners will pound the 89.17 kilometres of tarmac between Pietermaritzburg and Durban on Sunday, 24 May in the 84th edition of the world famous ultra-marathon.

THE City of Cape Town has signed an agreement with the Principality of Monaco and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to develop a youth development programme in Gugulethu.

JOBURG Water and City Power get the biggest slice of Joburg's R26-billion budget, although capital expenditure drops substantially as big City projects near completion.

THE Democratic Alliance has appointed a new mayor to replace Helen Zille who will now take up the Western Cape premiership post following the recent general elections.

BUFFALO City has made changes to the mayoral committee, with old hands moving to new portfolios, and newcomers taking up important posts.

THE municipality says the drop in its drinking water compliance score is due to a technicality in the reporting format to the water affairs department.

THE international airport and Dube Tradeport at La Mercy will be complete in time for the 2010 World Cup, says the Airports Company of South Africa (Acsa).

WHEN you think of Cape Town, chances are the first image that comes to mind is Table Mountain.

THE municipality is to lease land for East London’s Gillwell Road Taxi Rank so that the rank can be upgraded and developed.

THE more people switch off their lights, the more power will be given to Earth Hour, the global campaign to highlight climate change.

BUSINESSES have pumped close to R4-billion into the Johannesburg central business district over the last three years, resulting in massive improvements to the economy and general outlook of the area.

HAVE your say on the City’s plans at any one of several meetings it has scheduled to discuss its draft budget and Integrated Development Plan.