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![#BizTrends2017: Water recycling, re-use and sustainability](https://biz-file.com/c/1612/373959-120x120.jpg?2) | Theunis Coetzer Although SA has made huge leaps in provision of clean water, there is still a significant amount of untreated sewage contaminating our water courses... read | | ![#BizTrends2017: HVAC and building efficiency](https://biz-file.com/c/1612/373877.jpg) | Neil Cameron In heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and the building efficiency arena, the biggest trend drivers are the entrance of digital and wireless... read | | ![#BizTrends2017: Shaping the future with immersed VR](https://biz-file.com/c/1612/373855-120x120.jpg?1) | William Johnston The use of virtual reality (VR) technology - and not only in the design phases, but throughout the construction phases and in facilities management too - is quickly becoming the biggest trend in the built space today... read | |
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![Going for gold: Trump, Louis XIV and interior design](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376187-120x120.jpg?2) | Robert Wellington Yellow-gold swagged curtains, glimpsed in the first pictures from the Trump administration's official duties in the Oval Office, have fuelled speculation over whether America's new president will bring his signature taste in interior design to the White House... read |
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![Here's what's trending in the office space in 2017](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376125-120x120.jpg?2) | International trade fair for office furnishing and technology Orgatec took place in Cologne late last year under the theme of 'Creativity Works'... read |
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![Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375852-120x120.jpg?2) | Lindsay Samson From the Netherlands to China, architects are envisioning increasingly imaginative pathways... read |
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![Funds released in BEE move by PPC](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375873-120x120.jpg?2) | Mark Allix PPC has concluded the components of its 2008 broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) transaction, releasing R1bn in funding... read |
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![Cashbuild increases revenue following expansion](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375681-120x120.jpg?2) | Cashbuild says its revenue from the 20 new stores it has opened since July 2015 have contributed to a 4% increase in revenue for the second half of 2016... read |
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![It is likely to cost you more than R6‚500 a square metre to build a house](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376184-120x120.jpg?2) | Robert Laing The cost of building houses rose on average to R6‚539/m² in November‚ representing inflation of 6.4% over 11 months from January‚ Absa property analyst Jacques du Toit said in a research note on Friday, 20 January... read |
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![#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375860-120x120.jpg?2) | CNBC Africa hosted a Building Africa debate as part of its coverage of the 2017 World Economic Forum currently under way in Davos, Switzerland... read |
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![Traffic restrictions implemented on damaged N4 bridge](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375778-120x120.jpg?2) | Due to December storms in the region, the bridge on the N4 that crosses the Groot Marico River has been damaged. For safety reasons, traffic restrictions on the bridge have been introduced until further notice... read |
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![The deepest berths at Port of Durban now fully operational after reconstruction](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375606-120x120.jpg?2) | Berth 13 and 14 at the Maydon Wharf Precinct in the Port of Durban is now deeper and safer for bigger ships calling at the port... read |
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![Lonmin must still build housing for more than 11‚000 employees](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376185-120x120.jpg) | Allan Seccombe Lonmin‚ the world's third largest platinum miner‚ has to build accommodation for 11‚500 of its employees‚ but the weak platinum price is working against major housing investment‚ CEO Ben Magara said on Friday, 20 January... read |
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![Legal advice boosts IPPs case against Eskom](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375999-120x120.jpg?2) | Lutho Mtongana Independent power producers (IPPs), who are waiting for Eskom to sign power purchase agreements (PPA), are entitled to approach the courts to force Eskom to sign these agreements, the South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC) said on Wednesday, 18 January... read |
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![Eskom defaulter power cuts will hurt economy: Cosatu and Sacci](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375872-120x120.jpg?2) | Khulekani Magubane Eskom's decision to interrupt power to about a dozen municipalities would hurt business and cost jobs, the South African Chamber of Commerce (Sacci) and Cosatu warned on Tuesday, 17 January... read |
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![Firms push hydrogen as top green energy source](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375865-120x120.jpg?2) | Over a dozen leading European and Asian firms have teamed up to promote the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel and cut the production of harmful gases that lead to global warming... read |
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![Low water levels aid plans for rehabilitation of Kariba Dam](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/375679-120x120.jpg?2) | Tom Nevin In the months ahead, the Kariba Dam hydroelectric scheme must deal with the twin challenges of not holding enough water on the one hand and too much of it on the other... read |
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![What banks need to do to stay relevant](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376329-120x120.jpg?2) | Mark Arnold The financial services landscape is in a state of flux and the challenge, therefore, is to stay relevant... read |
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![Why municipalities can't hand over power to Eskom](https://biz-file.com/c/1701/376281-120x120.jpg?2) | Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... read |
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