The City of Cape Town has been declared the cleanest city in South Africa, winning the Metro Category of the Department of Environmental Affairs and Tourism's annual Cleanest Town/Cleanest Metro 2006/2007 competition.

The Building and Social Housing Foundation (BSHF), a UK-based research institute, is calling for entries for the 2007 World Habitat Awards competition

More than six million people from every region in the world visited South Africa between January and September in 2006, according to the department of environmental affairs and tourism.

The department of social development has been allocated an additional R683 million over the medium term to use for social grant transfers, integrated development programmes, comprehensive social protection and developmental welfare services

Government has availed 60 million cubic metres of water from the Pongolapoort Dam for a sugar development project which is set to boost the local economy of the Umkhanyakude District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal.

The money is to be spent on the City fleet and on developing, maintaining and reconstructing municipal infrastructure, says the municipal manager.

The Cabinet has approved a plan to establish a biofuels industry that is expected to attract R-6 billion in investment.

The City of Johannesburg has embarked on a land regularisation process that has two main components. The first involves an audit of all council-owned property, while the second entails the implementation of a land release strategy.

The eThekwini Municipality has set aside R15 million to fund a project which is aimed at improving sanitation facilities in informal settlements - an effort aimed at curbing the spread of diseases

A sod turning ceremony marks the beginning of the long-awaited construction on Cape Town's R2,8 billion, 68 000-seater stadium which will host the 2010 FIFA World Cup semi final match.