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South Africa needs to revamp its new public transport system
[Christo Venter and Gary Hayes] Over the past eight years, the South African government has spent more than R130bn on public transport projects in the country's main cities... read
Architecture & Design
Engineers could learn a lot from dance when designing urban transport
Engineers could learn a lot from dance when designing urban transport

John Bingham-Hall

There is little more important for the sustainability of cities than the ways we move around them... read
Construction & Engineering
Africa needs to double infrastructure investment: report
Africa needs to double infrastructure investment: report
Africa must double its spending on infrastructure over the coming years, the Infrastructure Consortium for Africa (ICA) said on Thursday, 19 October... read
Abland to restore old Loftus "Sinbin"
Abland to restore old Loftus "Sinbin"
Adjacent to Loftus Versfeld, where once stood the infamous Sinbin, Abland is developing Loftus Park, a new mixed-use precinct... read
Why you need to get involved in the geoengineering debate - now
Why you need to get involved in the geoengineering debate - now

Rob Bellamy

The prospect of engineering the world's climate system to tackle global warming is becoming more and more likely... read
China's green planning for the world starts with infrastructure
China's green planning for the world starts with infrastructure

Asit K. Biswas and Kris Hartley

The United States is retreating from the global community under a president who rejected the Paris Climate Accords and denigrates NAFTA and NATO. This provides an opportunity for China to play a greater role in global affairs... read
Girls4Tech looks to empower the next generation of problem-solvers
Girls4Tech looks to empower the next generation of problem-solvers
Coinciding with International Day of the Girl Child, Mastercard recently launched the African leg of its Girls4Tech programme... read
Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge'
Dutch open 'world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge'
Dutch officials toasted on Tuesday, 17 October, the opening of what is being called the world's first 3D-printed concrete bridge, which is primarily meant to be used by cyclists... read
Group Five spikes on Greenbay offer
Group Five spikes on Greenbay offer

Mark Allix

Group Five's share price surged as much as 42% on Monday, 16 October, after it received an unsolicited firm-intention cash offer for its European assets and businesses from Greenbay Properties for R1.6bn... read
Materials & Equipment
South African steel production rises 9.9% y/y in September
South African steel production rises 9.9% y/y in September

Dominic Preuss

SA's steel production grew by 9.9% year-on-year in September to 556,000 tonnes, after surging by 24.4% in August, and following July's 6.3% decline and June's 15.9% plunge, according to the World Steel Association... read
Afrimat to feel pinch of economic slowdown
Afrimat to feel pinch of economic slowdown

Mark Allix

Afrimat, after mostly shooting the lights out in its results over many years, appears at last to have been stymied by the poor South African economy... read
Property Development
Construction set to start on Umhlanga Arch
Construction set to start on Umhlanga Arch
Last week saw the official ground breaking of A-grade catalytic development Umhlanga Arch in Durban... read
Smart Buildings & Cities
African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities
African tourism trends in the age of developing smart cities

Elias Aad

Using data to understand travellers' spending behaviours, their habits as well as their preferences, has the power to increase the number of customers and the spend... read
Sustainable Development
Nigel Oseland, workplace strategist and change manager
These natural building ingredients can help increase productivity
Only 53% of wage earners think their place of work helps their productivity... read
#GBCSA2017: The potential for buildings to become mini utilities
#GBCSA2017: The potential for buildings to become mini utilities

Sindy Peters

The future of large public utilities, such as Eskom, is uncertain... read
How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps
How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps
According to Professor Edgar Pieterse, urban sprawl will continue to be encouraged if private- and public-sector land investment in our cities concentrates on keeping the haves away from the have-nots... read
Discovery's new global HQ certified green
Discovery's new global HQ certified green
Discovery's new 112,000m2 global head office in Sandton Central has received a five-star Green Star rating by the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)... read
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Bees in the city: Designing green roofs for pollinators

Catherine Howell, Jennifer Drake and Liat Margolis

One in three bites of food that we eat relies on bee pollination... read
Utilities
Nelson Mandela Bay proposes to beat drought with R7bn infrastructure investment
Nelson Mandela Bay proposes to beat drought with R7bn infrastructure investment

Riaan Marais

If given the thumbs-up by the National Disaster Fund, the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality plans to pump more than R7bn into infrastructure aimed at relieving drought conditions... read
Africa
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In need of hotel rooms, Seychelles' govt tells developers to begin projects or lose them
Eight out of 18 tourism projects excluded from a moratorium on large hotels in Seychelles could be reallocated if the project backers don't begin construction within a year... read
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Business
Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report
Pollution killed nine million people in 2015: report
Pollution claimed the lives of nine million people in 2015, one in every six deaths that year, according to a report published on Friday, 20 October... read
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