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Kwane acquires 63.75% stake in TFM Group
© Mark Atkins – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Kwane Capital has acquired a 63.75% stake in the TFM Group in a cash transaction. The transaction is effective immediately, with Kwane intending...
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Blok to launch development in Bo-Kaap
Urban property developer Blok will be launching a new development concept in Cape Town's Bo-Kaap with the aim of providing urban homes to a more diverse range of incomes.
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Fighting injustice helps in creating resilient urban spaces
© Matt Ragen – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Resilience is a word that's thrown around a lot these days. It means different things to different people, but generally alludes to the ability of...
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Water scarcity and smart technology solutions
Image source: World Resources Institute</span>There is a sense of relief following the recent downpour in Cape Town and many hope it marks the beginning of the much needed wet winter the city is...
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Kenya, Tanzania decorative paints, coatings market set for high growth
The combined Kenyan and Tanzanian decorative paints and coatings market is expected to achieve a CAGR of 6.7% up by 2020, according to Frost & Sullivan's Decorative Paints and Coatings Market for...
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Mpumalanga tourism gets a lift
A 51-metre glass elevator will provide a whole new perspective on God's Window, one of South Africa's most well-known natural beauty spots.
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Fly-by-night fabricators undermine stainless steel promise
Consumers tend to veer towards the cheapest option during tough economic times and some contractors may be tempted to cut corners, says John Tarboton, South African Stainless Steel Development...
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Inhouse Brand Architects designs GAIA CT office
Infrastructure investment company GAIA commissioned interior design firm Inhouse Brand Architects to design its new Cape Town office space. GAIA's offices are located in an architectural building in...
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Numsa expects steel talks to be a test of state's resolve
© laurentiu_iordache – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) expects unusually difficult wage talks in SA's embattled steel and engineering sector in...
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LafargeHolcim CEO to step down over Syria probe
© Sasin Tipchai – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said on Monday, 24 April, its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an internal...
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Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain
Like it or not, we measure the success (or failure) of cities according to broad principles of urban culture inherited largely from the west. This includes quantitative data: infrastructure,...
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Repainting the local sponsorship picture with Kansai Plascon
Leonardo Paez and Max Knox, sponsored by Kansai Plascon, finished fourth in the Cape Epic.</span>Kansai Plascon, better known as Plascon to most, sponsored a duo for the Absa Cape Epic. Their...
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Work commences on Atlantic Hills Business Park
Work has begun on a new industrial precinct situated on the slopes of the Durbanville Hills estate on the N7 near Cape Town. The Atlantic Hills Business Park, the brainchild of Abland, will be ready...
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Insuring infrastructure projects from concept to completion
©marchcattle [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Infrastructure projects are complex, often large and long-term undertaking, and the inherent risk can have far-reaching consequences for every...
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Cities are complex systems - let's start looking at them that way
© blinkblink1 – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The way we design our cities needs a serious rethink. After thousands of years of progress in urban development, we plateaued some 60 years ago....
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Pipe-joining technology can help address welder shortage
The South African economy is hampered by a tragic irony. The country suffers from extremely high levels of unemployment, yet many industries cannot find the workers it needs. A shortage of skills means...
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ASAQS launches programme to support quantity surveying students
© Boris Sosnovyy – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The skills shortage in the South African built environment is exacerbated by a lack of transformation, retiring baby boomers, too few...
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Are you thinking of building?
© Romolo Tavani – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Unless you have the cash saved up, constructing a home is going to require getting a loan from a financial institution called a building loan....
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The Big 5: Captains of BIM in South Africa
Building information modelling (or BIM) has exploded onto the building and construction landscape in recent years, with South Africa following in the footsteps of the UK and Canada in adopting these...
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Building regulations workshop helps standardise construction in South Africa
There is a deep concern in South Africa that National Building Regulations developed by the South African government are not being implemented by builders, architects, and engineers. Many new buildings...
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