Construction workers around the world protested the merger of two multinational cement companies, Lafarge and Holcim, over workers’ rights last week. According to a report by the Daily Independent construction workers under aegis of...
Wheat farmers in Rwanda will soon benefit from both wheat output and its residues which will be transformed into building materials like construction bricks and other products once a new factory at the Special Economic Zone begins operations....
While South Africa grapples with electricity challenges, the City of Johannesburg believes it has a solution that can help to keep the lights on. Pikitup, the City’s waste management company, says the five landfills it manages will by 2016 generate...
Maruti Suzuki – India’s largest car manufacturer – is looking to increase vehicle exports by 20% this fiscal year by focusing on increasing sales in Africa and the Middle East. The company has exported 92 000 units to over 100 countries to date, in...
An initiative to create a quality urban public space for the bourgeoning community of Dunoon, in Cape Town, is progressing well. The City’s contractors are redeveloping a formal sports field and creating an inclusive recreational space. According...
The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality has managed to employ the majority of the students who received comprehensive bursaries from the local government institution on a full time basis, since a strategy to counter the loss of engineering skills was...
An advisory panel report on the socio-economic impact of the e-tolls in Gauteng has recommended that elements of the current e-toll system must be reviewed to address affordability, among others. “…the main recommendation of the panel is that...
With the increase in electricity demand, load shedding remains a reality for the near future for South Africa, says power utility Eskom. Speaking to the media on Thursday, Eskom CEO Tshediso Matona said the country had just about exhausted the...
Namibia’s most dangerous stretch of road is set to be upgraded by Aveng Grinaker-LTA in an N$ 239 million contract. The project entails upgrading the B1 motorway to a dual carriageway between Windhoek and Okahandja, from 24.5 kmto 34.5 km, states...
