2013-05-22

In our Friday blog we explored the question of “decent” Free-ways and appropriate Levels-of-Service (“LOS”). Lets briefly look at history. The level of service concept was first developed for Free-ways in an era of rapid expansion in the use and availability of private transport. The primary concern was congestion (and its impact on a country’s...

2013-05-17

The Emalahleni Local Municipality was placed under administration by the Mpumalanga Provincial Government.  About time, many would say.  Having grown up in Witbank it was sad to see the city and its services deteriorate over the past two decades.  And deteriorate it did: raw sewerage running into the Witbank dam, constant water and electricity interruptions,...