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Growthpoint acquires CT Foreshore development site
Growthpoint Properties has acquired Site B Lower Long Street in Cape Town's Foreshore... read



INNOVATION MONTH
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#InnovationMonth: Flourishing in the new age of connection

Sindy Peters

Futurist, innovator and Autodesk's explorer in residence Jonathan Knowles recently addressed attendees at this year's Autodesk University Extension South Africa (AUx) event... read
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Architecture & Design
Innovation Hub, Gelvenor Textiles challenge SA entrepreneurs
Innovation Hub, Gelvenor Textiles challenge SA entrepreneurs
The Innovation Hub's OpenIX, toegther with Gelvenor Textiles, a South African fabric engineering company, has launched a challenge to identify innovative entrepreneurs for joint product and market development... read
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How building design changed after 9/11

Shih-Ho Chao

When buildings collapse killing hundreds - or thousands - of people, it's a tragedy... read
My home town in Syria was reduced to rubble - but digital architecture can help rebuild our ancient cities
My home town in Syria was reduced to rubble - but digital architecture can help rebuild our ancient cities

Ammar Azzouz

Situated at the crossroads of the Orient and the Occident, for a long time Syria was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Gold recovery and fixing the environment
Gold recovery and fixing the environment
Gold from recovered materials and a cleaner environment have enhanced a miner's bottomline... read
Arcelor delighted new pricing principles suit steel industry
Arcelor delighted new pricing principles suit steel industry

Mark Allix

ArcelorMittal SA's new CEO, Wim de Klerk, says the company's new pricing policy for sales of flat steel products, agreed with the government, does not have precedent elsewhere in the world... read
Property Development
Turning the first sod for a new three star at Sun Meropa are from left Kenny Maboea (chief director: business regulation at the Department of Economic Development); Thabo Mosololi (Sun International's director of operations), Serobi Maja (CEO of the Gambling Board); Raleigh Maesela (chairman of the Meropa Board) and Ruben Gooranah (regional general manager: Sun International).
R75m investment plan for Sun Meropa unveiled
Sun International and Domba Empowerment Corporation announced a R75m development plan for Sun Meropa at the sod turning ceremony for a new hotel at the complex on Tuesday, 6 September 2016. The development is scheduled for completion in August 2017... read
Sustainable Development
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Global cities going green
With a growing number of cities around the world focusing on becoming greener, green businesses, shops, co-ops, farmers' markets, restaurants, accommodation and other socially responsible green alternatives are emerging... read
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#InnovationMonth: Up-cycling plastic to build classrooms
Redefine Properties has committed R100,000 to enable Bottle 2 Build Schools to up-cycle plastic bottles into eco bricks... read
International
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Dubai rolls out property projects despite falling prices
Dubai developers are rolling out their scale models for the city's latest grandiose property projects despite continued falls in real estate prices... read
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Africa
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A megaproject rises in East Africa

Wanjohi Kabukuru

Roads, railways, port, pipelines to link Kenya, Ethiopia, Uganda and South Sudan... read
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COP22 host Morocco's mosques are going green
Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference, Morocco is preparing to launch an ambitious project to turn its mosques green as a commitment to clean energy... read
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Business
Structural reform needed to grow the economy
Structural reform needed to grow the economy

Nicci Botha

Whatever happens when the next ratings review comes up in December shouldn't derail the structural reform required to grow the economy... read
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