#SACSCCongress: 2017 Retail, Design and Development Awards winners announced
SACSC president Malcolm Horne and Nedbank Corporate Investment Banking's Robin Lockhart-Ross with Spectrum Award winner representatives from Menlyn Park Shopping Centre.</span>The 2017 Retail,...
View ArticlePPP Sought for Keetmanshoop Mass Houses
• PATIENCE SMITHIN LINE with cost-cutting measures in tough economic times, the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development and the Keetmanshoop municipality are looking into public-private partnerships to...
View ArticleDangote Cement Confirms Bid for PPC of South Africa
Dangote Cement Plc, which is the mostcapitalised company listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE), wednesday confirmed that it plans to acquire the entire share capital of PPC Limited-South Africa’s...
View ArticleDurban Clubs Stalling R35 Billion Development
The Durban Point Development Company (DPDC) says a R35bn project to upgrade the area close to the harbour mouth is being delayed - at a potential cost of up to R100 000 a day - because two water sports...
View ArticleSchool Construction Week - Over 900 Classrooms to Be Built
By James KaruhangaOver 900 classrooms are expected to be constructed during the next School Construction Week due to be launched on Saturday.The Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Education, Sam...
View ArticleIDBZ Embarks On Multi-Million Dollar Construction Programme At Nust
By Enacy MapakameThe Infrastructure Development Bank of Zimbabwe (IDBZ) has contracted a Chinese firm, Hualong Construction Private Limited, to construct National University of Science and Technology...
View ArticleSabonabona Residential Project Under Construction
Craft Properties, the largest real estate company in Kadoma, says work has commenced in earnest at its agro-residential plots project. The agro-residential plots are situated at Mandalay of Sabonabona...
View ArticleThe Time Is Now for Inclusionary Housing in Cape Town
Property developers FWJK are readying themselves to build Zero2One, which will be Cape Town’s tallest building when completed. They and the City of Cape Town who grants land-use rights and requested...
View ArticleSchool Still Unfinished After Five Years and R16 Million
By Nompendulo NgubaneDespite being officially opened, Duduzani Primary School in Ntuzuma Township, Durban, has not been completed. During the official opening last month, MEC for Education Mthandeni...
View ArticleExperts Advocate Sustainable Solutions for Construction, Built Environment
By Femi AdekoyaAs the market for sustainable design and construction begins to grow, stakeholders in the construction, academic and built environment have advocated increased deployment of sustainable...
View ArticleWho Is to Blame for Kampala's Dusty City Streets?
By Amos NgwomoyaKampala — When Kampala city streets are not flooding, they are dusty. City traders, motorists and pedestrians are facing a rough time having to manoeuvre through the dusty and congested...
View ArticleCape Town Identifies Inner City Housing Sites for Lower Income Families
The City of Cape Town identified 11 central sites it owns that would be set aside for affordable, social and transitional housing initiatives.Mayor Patricia de Lille on Wednesday said the goal was to...
View ArticleMore Arrests As George Housing Protest Remains Volatile
Two more women were arrested as disgruntled Thembalethu residents blocked streets on Wednesday morning after shacks were demolished in the area, Southern Cape police said.This followed the arrests of...
View ArticleFirst Off-Grid Solar House Unveiled in Lagos
A major milestone was recorded in Lagos, in Ejigbo Local Development Area at the weekend, as the first off-grid solar house was unveiled.The five-bedroom bungalow was located in Ejigbo, a suburb of...
View ArticleKigali's Largest Unplanned Settlement Set for Facelift
By James KaruhangaRural-urban migration is a common phenomenon in all developing countries and the increasing numbers of people moving towards urban areas causes several things, including hundreds of...
View ArticleNew Master Plan Crucial for Turning Dar Into Sustainable City
By Hellen NachilongoDar es Salaam — In the middle of Manzese, one of the densely populated areas of Dar es Salaam, there is a house that belongs to one, Mr Swai, a petty trader.It is nearly four...
View ArticleBritish policy towards Zimbabwe during Matabeleland massacre: licence to kill
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe's clampdown on dissent in Matabeleland claimed up to 20 000 lives. EPA/Aaron Ufumeli/ PoolIn January 1983 Robert Mugabe’s government launched a massive security...
View ArticleHow Nigerian ATM fraud victims are swindled
REUTERS/Akintunde AkinleyeIt has been three years since the Central Bank of Nigeria introduced the Cashless Nigeria Policy. Its aim was to encourage the use of electronic systems for all monetary...
View ArticleExploring the ethos behind Dexter Moren's bespoke design approach
Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape Town City Bowl and the StayEasy Cape Town City Bowl</span>We caught up with Dexter Moren of Dexter Moren Associates, the architect behind the new Tsogo Sun SunSquare Cape...
View ArticleJoburg Mayor targets 500 hijacked buildings for Affordable Housing
City of Johannesburg Mayor Herman Mashaba vowed to reclaim 500 hijacked buildings, as part of his campaign to bring safety and order back to the area. Broadcast by:...
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