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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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Practical & Legal Aspects of NBR with specific reference to SANS 10400 Part...
The Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), SAQA-registered Professional Body for the engineered timber construction industry, will be hosting a free CPD-accredited workshop in...
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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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Mandela’s last years: a narrative shrouded in conflict and assumption
The book by Dr Veejay Ramlakan, head of Nelson Mandela’s medical team was pulled off book shelves.Amid conjecture, speculation and a sea of assumptions about a book – “Mandela’s last years”– that most...
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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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Mandela’s grandson urges Israeli envoy’s expulsion from S Africa, cutting off...
By Andrew Cheetham on 7 August 2017 GMT The grandson of South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and politician, Nelson Mandela, has called on South Africa’s government to expel the Israeli...
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SA construction firms urged to join international debate on new engineering...
The first NEC contract, known as the ‘New Engineering Contract' - was published in 1993. The NEC3 suite of contracts was updated in 2013 and the London-based organisation has now released the...
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Professional Practice Examination : 13 September 2017
A REMINDER that the next Professional Practice Examination will be written on 13 September 2017.Please note that candidates who are eligible to write the examination must ensure that they are logged...
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Forest conservation approaches must recognise the rights of local people
Protected areas are being established without acknowledging the customary rights of local communities.Sarobidy RakotonarivoUntil the 1980s, biodiversity conservation in the tropics focused on the...
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Lessons from South Africa: parliamentary conscience and the courage to rebel
The motion of no confidence against President Jacob Zuma displayed tension between party and conscienceREUTERS/Mark WesselsPrior to the motion of no confidence in President Jacob Zuma in South Africa’s...
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Kenya's 2017 poll: palpable tension between progress and the status quo
People queued to cast their votes in Kenya's election. The final results have yet to be released. Siegfried Modola/ReutersKenya’s 2017 polls will be remembered as the election of minor gains and...
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Eskom operates a resilient power system
Eskom now operates a resilient power system with excess capacity positioning it to support South Africa’s economic recovery, says the power utility’s interim Group Chief Executive Johnny...
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Swift response to Johannesburg bridge collapse
Transport Minister Joe Maswanganyi has welcomed the immediate commencement of the forensic investigation to determine the cause of the collapse of the N3 pedestrian bridge.The pedestrian bridge...
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Johannesburg N3 bridge collapse: traffic flow restored, but questions remain...
By Bheki C. SimelaneThe free flow of traffic was restored this morning on one of the busiest roads in Gauteng following the collapse of an unused overhead pedestrian bridge, but questions have once...
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Labour police inspects 72 JSE listed companies
The Department of Labour’s Inspection and Enforcement Services (IES) branch has initiated a National Director General (DG) Review to inspect 72 JSE Securities-listed companies to ensure compliance with...
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Are South Africa's opposition-led coalition metros flexing their muscles?
Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba, leads a campaign to clean up the city streets.The Star/Itumeleng EnglishCity governments around the world are increasingly challenging nation states when it comes to...
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Why Africa needs a science synthesis centre to tackle complex problems
A synthesis centre in Africa would get an African perspective on global socio-environmental challenges.Author suppliedScientific research often requires sophisticated equipment like radio telescopes or...
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The African middle class matters: but not for the reasons commonly put forward
The debate about Africa's middle class has largely ignored earlier analyses on African elites.ShutterstockThese days the African middle class is widely discussed as a phenomenon considered indicative...
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Simple advances bring BAS to smaller buildings
© simon gurney – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The internet of things (IoT) is expanding rapidly. There are more and faster chips as well as more sensors in every element of buildings. Paired...
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