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Construction merger raises questions

Mark Allix

The Competition Commission has approved, with conditions, the "mergers" - in the form of "economic alliances" - of Raubex, Stefanutti Stocks and Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) and their respective groups of "emerging contractors"...read
Construction & Engineering
Jan Smuts Avenue to be upgraded

Penwell Dlamini

The Johannesburg Road Agency has developed a draft design for the upgrading of Jan Smuts Avenue to a dual carriageway from Northwold Drive to Bolton Drive and from 8th Avenue to Kent Road in Rosebank... read
New construction-focused academy launches
Afribiz Academy is a new tertiary education institution launching in Johannesburg and specialising in technical training within the construction industry... read
Materials & Equipment
Claassen has 'the right skills' to lead PPC

Mark Allix

Cement group PPC has appointed Johan Claassen as CEO and executive director with immediate effect... read
Property Development
Property developers will face cash flow pressure due to VAT on temporary rental of residential units

Chetan Vanmali, Des Kruger and Andile Miya

The curtains have come down on section 18B of the Value-Added Tax Act, No. 89 of 1991 (VAT Act) and the resultant impact may catch a few residential property developers off-guard... read
Sustainable Development
Semi-transparent solar cells: a window to the future?

Matthew Wright and Mushfika Baishakhi Upama

Can you see a window as you are reading this article? read
When climate comes unhinged, we need to re-think how to build our cities

Dagmar Haase

In late January 2018, Paris seemed to be drowning... read
Utilities
'Boreholes could affect quality of PE's water'

Tremaine van Aardt

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is banking on boreholes as a short-term solution to the drought, but water experts have warned that this could spell problems for the city in the long term... read
Cape Town should serve as a wake up call for managing water in South Africa

Magalie Bourblanc

There has been fierce finger pointing across various levels of government in Cape Town's water crisis... read
Metro exploring new ways to reduce water and electricity losses

Siyamtanda Capa

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality is on a mission to reduce water and electricity losses through a partnership with the SA Revenue Protection Association (Sarpa)... read
#SONA2018: Nation called to conserve water amid protracted drought
With a national state of disaster having been declared in three provinces, newly elected President Cyril Ramaphosa has appealed to the nation to continue to intensify efforts to use water wisely... read
Africa
Drought forces Mozambique capital to ration water
Mozambique authorities last week introduced water rationing to more than a million residents in the capital Maputo due to a severe drought... read
The real reason why cities in sub-Saharan Africa aren't issuing municipal bonds

Jeremy Gorelick

Cities around the world have been financing their long-term investment needs through municipal bonds for centuries... read
Africa needs to invest more in its water professionals

Nelson Odume and Andrew Slaughter

The African continent is disproportionately affected by extreme climate... read
Business
For global water crisis, climate may be the last straw
Before man-made climate change kicked in - and well before "Day Zero" in Cape Town, where taps may run dry in early May - the global water crisis was upon us... read
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