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Africa's cities face unique risks. What can be done to manage them?
© atosan – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Cities in sub-Saharan Africa are growing fast. Nigeria alone is projected to add 212 million urban dwellers by 2050, equivalent to the current...
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Roads set to boost intra-regional trade in Africa
Photo by Seb Creativo via Unsplash</span>The initial free trade agreement between 26 Africans countries was recently signed in Uganda. Transport infrastructure - road, rail, shipping, and air...
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Africa Architecture Awards shortlisted projects announced
Founded by Saint-Gobain, a total of 307 projects from across 32 African countries completed the registration process and qualified to enter the inaugural Africa Architecture Awards. A shortlist of 20...
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Nigel road upgrade project completed
© picsfive – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The R16m P41/1 road rehabilitation project near Nigel has restored the road for a further 15 years.
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National home building regulator visits rural areas
© illustrez-vous – [[za.fotolia.com]]</span>Rural communities will get an opportunity to access home building information and services when the national regulator for the sector undertakes a...
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SVA International completes R100m health club in Eastern Cape
SVA International’s Jannie Wagenaar (left) and Greenacres centre manager Brent Starr (right) inspect the new Virgin Active health club that forms the final phase of the two-year shopping centre...
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Coline Mauroy's Homemade project investigates ‘self-building' in high-density...
Born and raised in Nantes, France, Coline Mauroy is an interior architect with a passion for humane approaches to design. A graduate of Geneva University, she was involved in a research project during...
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Arid SA needs to get serious about desalination as a water source
In South Africa, it seems that whenever drought starts to bite, talk of desalination returns to the national debate. In principle, everyone supports the idea of desalinating sea water or sewage...
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City goes after water guzzlers
© PhotoSky – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The City of Cape Town will start knocking on doors this week to install devices that restrict supply to water guzzlers.
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New deadline for Italtile deal
Italtile and its shareholders will know by 30 September whether a planned acquisition of Ceramic, for a consideration of R3.61bn, will get the go-ahead from competition authorities.
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CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial...
© Nolre Lourens – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The City of Cape Town has issued a draft revised Municipal Spatial Development Framework which outlines how it intends to transform the city's...
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Standard Bank announces 2017 Top Women Awards finalists
For a decade and a half, South Africa's premier gender parity platform, Standard Bank Top Women, has awarded outstanding women leaders and gender-strong companies across a host of market sectors. Their...
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#SmartHomes: The number one tenant amenity today is Wi-Fi
In today's crazy technology age, we are seeing many new developments being incorporated into the home - from smart fridges, lighting, CCTV cameras to smart TVs and mirrors. In some parts of the world,...
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#WomensMonth: ITC-SA profiles three women in roofing who've climbed the...
The Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), the SA body and regulator of the engineered timber structure industry, marks Women's Month by putting the spotlight on three of its female...
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Growthpoint opens incubation programme to KwaZulu-Natal entrepreneurs
© petervick167 – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Growthpoint Properties has opened up its Property Point incubation programme to KwaZulu-Natal entrepreneurs. The initiative aims to build...
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SRK Consulting applies rapid vulnerability assessment tool in City of Mbombela
By Wernermeiringvdm – [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=35918249 Wikimedia Commons]], CC BY 3.0</span>SRK Consulting has developed a rapid vulnerability assessment (RVA) tool that...
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Reengineering elevators could transform 21st-century cities
In the 160 or so years since the first skyscrapers were built, technological innovations of many kinds have allowed us to build them to reach astonishing heights. Today, there is a 1,000-metre...
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The role of cities in the next automotive revolution
Photo by Rikki Chan via Unsplash</span>The city and the car have been interacting for generations, but this latest phase of their evolution is different.
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Property development in underserved areas is not for the faint of heart
Twin City Bushbuckridge Shopping Centre in Mpumalanga</span>Underdevelopment continues to haunt too many rural areas in South Africa, making it crucial that government and the private sector work...
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Habitat for Humanity, UN-HABITAT to host conference on African land...
Land is integral to securing shelter, agriculture for food security, mobilising investments and for the sustainable management of resources. With these issues in focus, Habitat for Humanity's Solid...
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