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Cape water woes solved... for now
Cape water woes solved... for now
Cape Town mayor Patricia de Lille prayed for an answer to the city's water crisis recently - and immediately got one... read

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“Women's Month is not important if it means we only pay attention to women's issues for 31 days of the year." - Moyin Oloruntoba... read
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Architecture & Design
Winners revealed in 2017 PPC Imaginarium Awards
Winners revealed in 2017 PPC Imaginarium Awards
The PPC Imaginarium Awards announced its overall winner, category winners and runners-up at a gala event hosted in May at the UJ Art Gallery in Johannesburg. read
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Steel maker closes R4.5bn loan facility
Steel maker closes R4.5bn loan facility

Mark Allix

ArcelorMittal SA has closed a revolving R4.5bn structured commodity-trade finance facility over 36 months to finance working capital, as part of its balance sheet restructuring... read
R1.5bn steel fund to come into effect in June
R1.5bn steel fund to come into effect in June
A R1.5bn steel competitiveness fund will come into effect next month, Economic Development Minister Ebrahim Patel said on Thursday, 25 May... read
Construction & Engineering
Urban Development Zone allowance under the Income Tax Act
Urban Development Zone allowance under the Income Tax Act

Robert Gad and Jo-Paula Roman

In line with international models, South Africa has attempted to incentivise investment into the development and renewal of certain urban areas... read
Gestalt applauds envisaged construction sector BEE codes
Gestalt applauds envisaged construction sector BEE codes
BEE consultancy Gestalt has given the ‘thumbs-up' on the envisaged construction sector BEE codes... read
Gauteng ploughs billions into infrastructure
Gauteng ploughs billions into infrastructure
The Gauteng Provincial Government will over the next three years invest more than R44bn in infrastructure development, while provincial municipalities spend R94bn over the next five years... read
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How streets can help bridge social and spatial divides

Ilse van den Berg

I recently had a very inspiring conversation with Marcela Guerrero Casas, co-founder and MD of Open Streets Cape Town about the power of streets and its ability to bridge social and spatial divides... read
Sanral pushes on with Wild Coast upgrades
Sanral pushes on with Wild Coast upgrades

Karl Gernetzky

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) is to award R3.1bn in tenders for two megabridges in the Eastern Cape in the next two months... read

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City of CT, Stellenbosch University sign MoA for urban renewal in Bellville
The City of Cape Town and Stellenbosch University have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the mixed development of the Bellville Park University property located along the N1 freeway... read
Sustainable Development
Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time
Hustling from builder to entrepreneur, one brick at a time

Shan Radcliffe

Founding director of Hustlenomics, Nhlanhla Ndlovu tells us how growing up in a small house with a backyard shack was the inspiration and foundation upon which his dreams for bigger and better things were built... read
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RBIDZ key in driving radical economic transformation
RBIDZ key in driving radical economic transformation

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Upbeat in becoming a motor-force for change and taking a central role in the radical transformation of the economy of the province, the Richards Bay Industrial Development Zone (RBIDZ) is deliberately focusing on opening opportunities for emerging contractors as part of efforts aimed at fast-tracking their entry into the mainstream economy... read
Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage
Resistance to hydropower is evaporating as science takes centre stage

Mike Muller

Big dams have a bad reputation. They're often associated with social disruption and environmental damage... read
Utilities
Water tank and drilling guys loving the drought
Water tank and drilling guys loving the drought

David Gernon

Cape Town's water crisis has seen many companies' cash dry up, while the same crisis has seen new businesses profit... read
It may be time for Eskom's board to resign or be fired: Pravin Gordhan
It may be time for Eskom's board to resign or be fired: Pravin Gordhan

Linda Ensor

Former finance minister Pravin Gordhan - an MP and a member of the public enterprises committee - said on Tuesday, 23 May, members of the Eskom board "have let SA down more often than not", and the time might have arrived for them to resign or be dismissed... read
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LNG's potential as an African power source

Wayne Lindecke

With six of the top 10 global oil and gas discoveries in 2013 made in Africa, it would seem logical that this would be the answer to the continent's power crisis read
International
ArcelorMittal tipped to take over Italy's Ilva
ArcelorMittal tipped to take over Italy's Ilva
A consortium led by global steel giant ArcelorMittal is tipped to take over Italy's troubled Ilva steelworks, one of the most polluting industrial sites in Europe, a source told AFP Friday, 26 May... read
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Congo breaks ground on $58m China-funded parliament building
Congo broke ground on a new Chinese-funded parliament building in the capital Brazzaville on Monday, 22 May, estimated at over $58m... read
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Doing business in Africa
Trade between African countries needs to happen faster and be more cost-effective, as opportunities grow and businesses mature. read
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