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Aveng woes keep mounting as CEO resigns
Aveng woes keep mounting as CEO resigns

Alistair Anderson

Aveng is a company on life support, with the group reporting a crippling R6.7bn headline loss for the year to June, as well as the exit of its CEO... read

Entrepreneur Month
#EntrepreneurMonth: Here's to the African entrepreneurs
Here's to the African entrepreneurs

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Join us in celebrating the courageous innovators, in small businesses and large, in South Africa and the rest of Africa, who take the risks that create new revenues, models and livelihoods, as we designate October and November as Entrepreneur Month across 18 industries on Biz... read
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Architecture & Design
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Winchester Mansions entering a new chapter with refurbishment
Winchester Mansions, located along the Sea Point Promenade and known for its rich historic and iconic Cape Dutch architecture, has commenced with a refurbishment of its 76 bedrooms... read
AfriLandscapes greens V&A Grain Silo Precinct
AfriLandscapes implements greening plan at V&A Grain Silo Precinct
AfriLandscapes was awarded the landscaping contract to develop and implement a greening plan at the Grain Silo Precinct at the V&A Waterfront... read
#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development
#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

Sindy Peters

Property developer Propertuity partnered recently with New York-based architecture firm and upcycling experts LOT-EK in creating South Africa's first large-scale residential container development, Drivelines... read
Zeitz MOCAA opens at V&A
Zeitz MOCAA opens at V&A
The Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA) was officially unveiled to the public at the V&A Waterfront's Silo District... read
Construction & Engineering
The start of a continuous industrial development conversation
The start of a continuous industrial development conversation

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The Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, will be addressing scientists, engineers and researchers from public and private sector at the 6th CSIR Conference on 5 and 6 October... read
Turnkey gland service water system for Grootegeluk
Turnkey gland service water system for Grootegeluk
Exxaro's Grootgeluk mine has a beneficiation complex where 8,000 tonnes per hour of run-of-mine coal is upgraded in 10 different plants... read
GVK-Siya Zama scoops five awards at National Occupational Health & Safety Competition
GVK-Siya Zama scoops five awards at National Occupational Health & Safety Competition
GVK-Siya Zama recently walked away with five awards from the National Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) Competition, held at the recent Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) Congress... read
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Strikes delay construction of China's flagship BAIC SA plant

Mark Allix

The government is feeling pressure from the Chinese state-owned R11bn Beijing Automotive Industry Holding Company (BAIC) vehicle plant being built in the Coega special economic zone near Port Elizabeth... read
Materials & Equipment
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BSI Steel considers closing branch

Mark Allix

BSI Steel, an AltX-listed processor and distributor of steel products into sub-Saharan Africa, is reviewing the viability of servicing the market in KwaZulu-Natal through its Pietermaritzburg warehouse and offices... read
Property Development
No delay for PE waterfront plan
No delay for PE waterfront plan
The relocation of the manganese ore dump and fuel tank farm to Ngqura will not delay the impending development of phase one of the Port Elizabeth waterfront... read
Apartment living on the high rise in SA
Apartment living on the high rise in SA
Homeowners are increasingly keen on apartment living in South Africa. For every 100 plans stamped for houses in 2013, says Statistics SA, 26 were approved for flats. This ratio rose to 59 last year... read
Redefine develops home for advocates in Sandton
Redefine develops home for advocates in Sandton

Alistair Anderson

Redefine Properties is developing a specialised office block for advocates in Sandton... read
Smart Buildings & Cities
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Ambition and partnership key to driving smart city adoption

Edwin Diender

AI and other technologies, in conjunction with the innovative implementation of ICT, can improve the quality of life across a broad range of factors, improve workforce efficiency, and create new jobs... read
Sustainable Development
CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature
CityTree: The oxygen-producing forest in miniature

Emile Uys

This compact green wall cleanses the air of pollutants and acts as a sound barrier for congested urban areas... read
Utilities
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Interim board named at Umgeni Water Board

Linda Ensor

Cabinet has endorsed the appointment of an interim board at the Umgeni Water Board in order "to stabilise the governance issues" at SA's second largest water utility... read
SA, Cuba extend water agreement to 2023
SA, Cuba extend water agreement to 2023
The South African Government and Cuba have extended the SA-Cuba cooperation agreement in the field of water resource management and water supply to 2023... read
Africa
PPPs in power transmission in Africa to be addressed at Future Energy Central Africa
PPPs in power transmission in Africa to be addressed at Future Energy Central Africa
According to Samuel Oguah, an energy specialist with the Energy and Extractives Global Practice at the World Bank, “The Linking up: Public-Private Partnerships in Power Transmission in Africa report has a very simple message... read
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2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
2017 SAB Foundation Social Innovation and Disability Empowerment Awards finalists revealed
The 24 finalists in this year's SAB Foundation Social Innovation Awards and Disability Empowerment Awards have been announced. The winners will be revealed at an official awards ceremony on Monday, 23 October... read
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