The water affairs and forestry department had approved an above-inflation tariff increase of 6,1% for the bulk raw water supplied out of the Vaal River, the ministry said yesterday.
Established in 2000, to 92,7% in December 2002 and 91,7% in May this year. Each percentage point drop costs the city about R50m in lost income a year.
Initiatives aimed at transforming and uplifting Pretoria's central business district (CBD) and surrounding areas into a more vibrant, safe and economically sound environment are gaining momentum.
The Tshwane metropolitan council unveils its own local police force next weekend emulating Durban, Johannesburg and Cape Town who already have their 'bobbies on the beat'.
The Tshwane metropolitan council has allocated 4ha of land in the Pretoria city centre for the construction of a R1bn office park to be known as the Mandela Development Corridor.

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