During a recent two-day Presidential Imbizo in Cape Town, President Thabo Mbeki urged all spheres of government to collaborate in dealing with issues such as housing delivery.

Representatives from municipalities across Africa were in Johannesburg recently to discuss ways their cities can meet the Millennium Development Goals.

The Gauteng government is urging municipalities implement tighter credit control measures to recoup the mounting municipal debt which is negatively affecting service delivery in the province

Engineers have been deployed in various municipalities to help with the elimination of the bucket system in established formal settlements as the December deadline looms.

The metro is currently drafting an informal trading policy document which is aimed at providing guidelines that will be acceptable to all sectors of the economy.

The department of urban management has implemented a new service system which aims to cut the time it takes to approve zoning and building plans to 24 hours for most applications.

The Gauteng housing department is set to spend millions in an attempt to meet their deadline of eradicating informal settlements in the province by 2014.

The local organising committee says that ongoing preparations for the 2010 FIFA Soccer World Cup must not only ensure a well-organised event but also provide for sustained economic growth.

Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa and the President of France's Ile-de-France, Jean-Paul Huchon, have signed an agreement to strengthen cooperation between the two regions.

Gauteng Health MEC Brian Hlongwa has called on the public health sector to focus on community based health care to help in reducing long queues at health institutions.

More than two thousand families in Khayelitsha, Cape Town are to benefit from a multi million rand housing scheme which is set to be completed in two months.

The City of Tshwane has commenced with its new alternative service delivery model that favours a regional approach to make services accessible to all residents.

A R22 billion project to upgrade and improve the congested N1 freeway and the network of roads around the Johannesburg, Ekurhuleni and Pretoria metros is set to get underway.