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New report available on global soil compaction machines market
© [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Developments in road infrastructure and increasing demand for paved roads continue to influence sales of soil compaction machines. Highways and roads, being a...
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Bizcommunity Recruitment in Africa Focus
Job creation, empowerment, enablement are at the core of Bizcommunity's business model. Every month Bizcommunity, South Africa and Africa's biggest online B2B publishers, post up to 4,000 job vacancies...
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African cities can raise more money. Kenya and South Africa offer useful lessons
© Thissatan Kotirat – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>African cities will gain a billion new residents by 2050. But local authorities across the continent don't have the resources, powers or...
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PASA to launch educational campaign promoting critical role of architectural...
Thulani Sibande, director of PASA</span>Paragon Architects South Africa (PASA), part of the Paragon Group of architecture and interior architecture companies, plans to launch an educational...
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Corporate content should be part of your DNA
Business decisions are often made on the basis of brand image or brand story. In the B2B space, corporate content is a means of reinforcing company culture, ensuring that intrinsic brand values reflect...
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SA student produces world's first bio-brick made using human urine
University of Cape Town (UCT) master's student in civil engineering Suzanne Lambert has produced the world's first bio-brick grown from human urine.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Corrupt officials in Giyani Water Project to feel the heat
© Jozsef Szasz-Fabian – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Finance minister Tito Mboweni has instructed his department to work with the Department of Water and Sanitation to take action against...
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SA welcomes product exclusion for some steel, aluminium products
[[http://www.123rf.com/ © 123RF.com]]</span>South Africa has welcomed the product exclusion for some steel and aluminium products from the section 232 duties that the United States imposed...
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R162m housing project incomplete after over a decade
Beneficiaries of Msunduzi municipality's Wirewall Rectification Programme in Phase 4, Imbali, have been living in unfinished houses for years.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Habitat for Humanity addresses Africa's unique housing challenges at local...
With some of the fastest growing cities in the world over the next 50 years, Africa will encounter many challenges, including urban planning that encompasses affordable housing solutions for the...
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Steven Holl Architects releases design for a new hybrid building in Beijing
Steven Holl Architects has unveiled the design for a new hybrid building for CIFI Group in Fengtai, Beijing which will consist of offices and retail spaces. The new mixed-use complex will be the firm's...
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Angelo Renna creates artificial sponge mountain to absorb CO2 in Turin
Amsterdam-based architect Angelo Renna has created a giant sponge mountain to absorb carbon dioxide emissions from the air in Turin, Italy. Reaching 90m high, the artificial mountain is made of soil...
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WSP in Africa takes home multiple awards at SAISC Steel Awards 2018
Two of WSP in Africa's projects recently received multiple awards - including overall winner - at the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) Steel Awards 2018.Read more... | Send to a...
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Can drone technology turn around the fortunes of the construction sector in SA?
© Sorapong Chaipanya – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Drone technology can turn around the fortunes of the construction sector, Gauteng Infrastructure Development MEC Jacob Mamabolo said on...
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AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation winners announced
The awarded projects for this round of the AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation 2017/18 all point to the future of environmentally conscious design. The gala awards event took...
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Africa's roads are badly built, and there aren't enough. This can be fixed
© boyenigma – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>One of the fastest growing economies in Africa, Ethiopia, has an ambitious plan to cut a green, sustainable path to becoming a middle-income...
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No risk of drought this summer
Image source: [[www.pexels.com]]</span>Hydrologists from the Department of Water and Sanitation say the country will not experience drought over the next three months, even though below normal...
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Home-owners to register their off-grid energy installations or face stiff...
Cape home-owners who fail to comply with the 2010 Electricity Supply By-Law which prohibits any private electrical generation equipment from being connected to any electrical system without the city's...
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Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village
Villagers in Ntshingeni outside Cofimvaba in the Eastern Cape say their standpipe taps run dry for weeks at a time. They say when the taps run dry they have to use water from a nearby canal, where dead...
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#EntrepreneurMonth: Be completely prepared, only fools rush in
No fool in the slightest, Wendy Damon is the owner of Damp Control Cape - a member of the Master Builders Association Western Cape. Not quite a rags-to-riches story, hers is still quite impressive,...
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