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Consulting engineering facing many challenges

The consulting engineering sector is facing several challenges. CESA President Abe Thela pointed these out at the CESA Gauteng Presidential Function. Thela identified a variety of regulatory and institutional challenges. Regulatory challenges...
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Joburg’s Green Revolution

The City of Johannesburg is conducting a Green Revolution to meet the challenged posed by climate change. During his State of the Province Address, Johannesburg Mayor Parks Tau said the city would increase its efforts to combat climate change,...
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Energy savings and SA business

According to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Global 500 Climate Change Report 2013, 50 of the 500 largest listed companies in the world are responsible for nearly three quarters of the group’s 3.6 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas (GHG)...
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Service delivery protests

Thousands of residents of Olievenhoutbosch in Centurion took to the streets on Tuesday (15 April) as part of a service delivery protest. The protestors blocked roads, reportedly demanding housing and electricity. Protestors block roads with burning...

Zuma launches Mzimvubu Water Project

President Jacob Zuma has officially launched the Mzimvubu Water Project as part of the country’s infrastructure development program. The government has investment over R12.45 billion in the project. This covers the construction of two dams, a...
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Mpumalanga beefs up traffic law enforcement

As Mpumalanga prepares for the Easter Break,101 new traffic officers have been appointed to help the province improve road safety. Fifty of the officers graduated from the Limpopo Traffic Training College, while the rest graduated in Gauteng in...
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Single electronic window goes live in Kenya

The long-awaited single electronic window,will be officially rolled out in Kenya on May 2 by President Uhuru Kenyatta. It will facilitate international and domestic trade at the port of Mombasa, and has been touted as the solution to the persistent...
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Free trade merger to boost African markets

Once negotiations on a Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) are concluded it will be one of the largest free trade areas in the world with over 600 million people and presents a huge market for investors and traders. The TFTA, which is composed of 26...