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Assets in rest of Africa shore up PPC earnings
© Gumpanat Thavankitdumrong [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>PPC chalked up soaring attributable net profit in the six months to September, nearly tripling it to R294m from R102m in the same...
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Sodding turning marks the start of construction for Deloitte's new Africa HQ
Louis van der Watt, Atterbury CEO; Morne Wilkin, CEO of Attacq; and Mike Jarvis, COO, Deloitte Africa</span>Construction on Deloitte's new Africa headquarters officially got underway with a...
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Things are going south in the private building sector
© Romolo Tavani [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Building plans passed are a strong indicator of the future health of the construction industry, and statistics for the South Africa private...
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Report: Governments own most of African infrastructure projects
© Ivan Kruk [[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Governments remain the single largest developers of infrastructure projects - a common thread emanating from the 2017 edition of the Deloitte Africa...
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Ngqura liquid bulk terminal development making headway
Artist's impression of the new liquid bulk terminal at the Port of Ngqura</span>The construction of a new petroleum trading hub at the Port of Ngqura is making progess, ahead of the planned...
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Virgin exercises its green credentials
Virgin Active Collection Menlyn Maine</span>Virgin Active Collection Menlyn Maine is the second of the health club group's facilities to be awarded a 4-star Green Star SA rating for interiors, a...
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Greywater systems to save gardens (and property values) during dry summers
Greywater systems are an excellent way to keep your garden looking great, especially in times of drought or water restrictions, which will add to the aesthetic appeal of your home when you decide to...
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Discovery lets your ideas take flight in 3D
To match its 5-Star - Green Star rating by the Green Building Council South Africa, Discovery's global headquarters in Sandton Central houses a striking 3D artwork that has people talking.
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Sustainable re-use and recycling work for heritage buildings and places too
The desire to preserve the special character and historical significance of unique places and buildings is at the heart of heritage preservation. But should heritage be "frozen in time"? Or can it...
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Cape Town's City Hall closed for renovations
Cape Town's City Hall is undergoing a major makeover and will not be available until July 2018. The revamp of the facility started a few months ago and repainting of the main entrance hall,...
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Giuseppe Plumari named Nedbank Business Person of the Year
CEO of Steyn City Properties Giuseppe Plumari was recently named Business Person of the Year at this year's Nedbank Business Excellence Awards. Now in its 18th year, the gala dinner was hosted by the...
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Drought levy is about our survival‚ De Lille tells Capetonians
© Rob Byron – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Cape Town's proposed "drought charge" will pay for the survival of Capetonians‚ says mayor Patricia de Lille.
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Let us not reinvent the wheel in the water sector, Nomvula Mokonyane urges
© alvinge – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The call for private sector investment in the water sector does not mean the government has changed its policy, Water and Sanitation Minister Nomvula...
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Made-in-Rwanda Expo ends with calls to buy local
Image credit: Nadege Imbabazi via </span>The fourth edition of the annual Made-in-Rwanda Expo concluded yesterday with a call from leaders to embrace locally produced products in order to support...
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UCT game-changers scoop first place in Greenovate Awards
Along with the inaugural Greenovate Engineering Award, environmental game-changers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) took first place in this year's Greenovate Awards.
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Asrin begins construction of Chapel Towers in Zonnebloem
Asrin Property Developers has begun construction on the Chapel Towers development in Zonnebloem, Cape Town. Completion of the 10-storey, 90-unit building is expected by the end of 2019.
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Who knew pee was valuable?
Image source: [[www.pixabay.com]]</span>Liquid gold has been discovered at the University of Cape Town. It comes in the form of urine, which engineering students have transformed into fertiliser...
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Jilted PPC slides in morning trade
© Sasin Tipchai – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>PPC's share price fell 3.5% to R6.65 on Thursday morning, 7 December, after it informed shareholders it had been jilted on Monday by one of its...
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Engineering research in Africa is growing but it's still a patchy picture
Africa's vast land mass and rich natural and mineral resources make it strategically important and an increasingly significant global player. It is also a dynamic young continent: about 60% of its...
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Barlow Park Campus in Sandton to be redeveloped
In one of the major unlisted real-estate transactions of 2017, Barloworld, Atterbury and African Rainbow Capital have partnered as co-investors in the redevelopment of the prime Barlow Park Campus,...
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