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2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards finalists announced
Zelda la Grange. Image source: [[https://www.facebook.com/zelda.lagrange.1/ Facebook]]</span>The 2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards finalists have been announced. With a strong lineup of...
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Nippon Steel holds off profit target on price uncertainty
© Oleksiy Holubenko – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal said on Friday, 28 April, it would not give a profit target for the current fiscal year owing to...
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CT establishes four more women-only road repair teams
Cape Town's Transport and Urban Development Authority (TDA) now has eight all-female road repair teams after establishing women-only teams in Bellville, Kraaifontein, Ottery, and Plumstead.
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World Economic Forum needs to move beyond spin if it's going to help Africa
© Dereje Belachew – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Set against the backdrop of low growth, dire unemployment figures, and a huge infrastructure deficit - the theme of this year's African World...
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ASAQS, RICS sign MoU
© Yuliya Tsyhun – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS) and the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) signed a Memorandum of...
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Wits' Dewar secures spot as architectural student awards finalist
Katherine Dewar will represent the University of the Witwatersrand in the 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards, set to take place on 10 May in Gauteng.
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2017 Access Co-Development Facility competition deadline extended
© Pedro Antonio SalaverrÃa Calahorra – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The deadline to enter the 2017 Access Co-Development Facility (ACF) competition has been extended until 12 May...
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Abland has completed the third and final building of its Alice Lane project in Sandton. Number 11 Alice Lane is the new home of law firm Bowmans.
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#AfricaMonth: The Africa market deserves respect - Wood-Mizer
A bit of patience and manners is some of what's required to be successful in the African context, says Jean-Jacques Pierre Oelofse, Wood-Mizer corporate director for emerging markets. With Wood-Mizer...
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Strand Beach Sea Point set for makeover
Strand Beach Sea Point</span>The Berman Bros. Group (BBG) recently revealed its latest residential project, the five-storey Strand Beach apartments in Sea Point, Cape Town. Work on the...
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Board upbeat about Group Five
© Ivan Kruk – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Group Five's restructuring is progressing, says the group's board. The company is restructuring following its operating loss of R338m in the second...
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Inroads made in tackling Bay water crisis
© Asawin klabma – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is still losing just more than a quarter of all its treated water to leaks but the losses are down from...
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Pietermaritzburg housing project remains incomplete four years later
Families who are set to benefit from the Vulindlela Development Association (VDA) housing project in Pietermaritzburg have been waiting four years for their homes to be completed.
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Startups can help Africa meet its energy needs. But they need to be encouraged
© worradirek muksab – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Energy access remains a huge problem for most people living on the African continent. More than 600 million out of a population of about...
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Flexible, organic and biodegradable: A new wave of electronics
As electronics become increasingly pervasive in our lives - from smartphones to wearable sensors - so too does the ever rising amount of electronic waste they create. A United Nations Environment...
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Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable
© Sergey Nivens – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Access to high-quality public open space is a key ingredient of healthy, liveable cities. This has long been recognised in government planning...
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All the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award finalists
The 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards comes to its conclusion on 10 May in Johannesburg. The competition involves the country's eight major universities where the best...
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Challenges, opportunities in the African power sector
© HONGQI ZHANG – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>After years of not being a priority, says Noor Kapdi, managing partner at Dentons South Africa, energy policy is starting to move to...
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AkzoNobel rejects third PPG takeover bid
Paintmaker AkzoNobel on Monday, 8 May, turned down a third revised offer bid from US-based rival PPG, saying it still undervalued the Dutch company.
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#FIDIC-GAMA2017: Partnerships key to sustainable growth in Africa
Delegates from across 17 African countries are attending FIDIC-GAMA 2017 - a gathering of global players and partners in the infrastructure and consulting engineering sector. Under the theme "African...
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