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 | The fifth annual African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo will take place at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Gauteng, 23 -24 May 2017... read |
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 | The Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA) has advised that all structural wood used in the construction sector must comply with local legislation and regulation... read |
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 | Launched recently, RSC Avelo is a black-woman-youth-owned and managed reinforcing steel (REBAR) manufacturer... read |
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 | Small, medium and micro-enterprises continue to benefit from SANRAL funded projects in the Southern Cape... read |
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 | It is always worrying when the home-building sector goes into decline, says Bill Rawson, chairman of the Rawson Property Group, since construction, and especially residential construction, is a major creator of employment and ultimately also of housing demand... read |
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 | The South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) is to undertake a R226m road resurfacing project between Grahamstown and Fort Beaufort... read |
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 | Two Profica-managed retail centres were officially opened in Nigeria and Zambia during the last week of November. The multi-million retail projects were the product of major investment by South African and international property investors operating in partnership with local stakeholders... read |
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 | Alan Marshall Utopia, a book by English statesman, lawyer and clergyman Thomas More (1487-1535), turns 500 years old this month... read |
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 | Old Mutual was recently awarded a five-star Green Star SA Existing Building Performance rating for its Mutualpark offices in Pinelands, Cape Town... read |
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 | Alex Kusmanoff, Georgia Garrard, Luis Mata and Sar Ideas to enhance the liveability and sustainability of our cities have attracted a lot of interest recently... read |
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 | Kusile power station's Unit 1 was connected to the national grid for the first time, adding 800MW to the country's power system... read |
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 | Capetonians are still falling short on the water mark despite ongoing appeals and an awareness campaign by the city about water use... read |
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 | When power goes out in the rural town of Soroti, store manager Hussein Samsudin hopes it won't go on so long it spoils his produce... read |
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 | British energy major BP on Monday, 19 December, ramped up its presence in Africa with the purchase of stakes in gas projects in Mauritania and Senegal... read |
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 | The 17th annual African Utility Week will take place from 16-18 May 2017 at the CTICC in Cape Town... read |
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 | Ethiopia on Saturday, 17 December, inaugurated a hydroelectric dam that aims to double the country's electricity output, but which critics say is a threat to locals and a UNESCO-listed lake in Kenya... read |
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 | Uganda's first grid-connected solar plant, made up of 32,680 photovoltaic panels and generating 10MW, is now online... read |
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 | James Shepherd There are parts of Zimbabwe where consistent drought is putting intolerable pressure on local communities... read |
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 | Rebecca Mushota Following a directive by President Edgar Lungu for the country to develop nuclear energy, Zambia and Russia have signed four memoranda of understanding (MoU) to turn Zambia into a hub of nuclear science for peaceful purposes. read |
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 | The new hype is the ability to analyse various types of information that are not based at the same location - termed deep analytics... read |
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