3 Sep 2013

Building & Construction

King to pawn...

In an expensive "game of chess", Dave King has finally sorted out his tax issues with SARS and will end up paying over R700m to SARS. As he puts it: "When this tax dispute arose many years ago, I took a conscious decision not to cooperate with the authorities. That was a mistake."

Still on the money front, Satawu says SAA can afford the 12% increase the union is demanding, but if you want to get away from it all... the strikes, the demands, the claims and counter-claims, then Mango has come to your rescue with a scheduled service between Johannesburg and Zanzibar.

Talk about a captive audience... but a nice gesture, so one hopes the inmates took the lessons to heart when Ligwalagwala FM set out to motivate the inmates of Middelburg Prison with a live radio show aimed at discouraging criminal elements and activities amongst youths.

Finally, while no show-off himself, and with no hint of a swagger (but still quite the charmer), our tame motoring editor Henrie Geyser reckons the Renault Clio is a swaggering charmer.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Weekly top stories

New megastores from Alert Steel and Build
Alert Steel and Build have launched megastores in Pretoria, Polokwane, Lephalale and Brits. The launch of the upgraded stores forms part of the company's goal to be a one-stop shop for both consumer and commercial buyers in the northern part of South Africa. Read more >>

Building & Construction
Corobrik's Centre of the Year is East London
Corobrik's East London sales centre has won the group's coveted Centre of the Year Award for 2013, making it their fourth win in the past nine years. A total of 28 Corobrik sales centres across the country compete for this sought-after award annually. Read more >>




Building Materials & Equipment
Iliad aims to capitalise on improvement in market
Iliad Africa Limited, the general and specialised building materials group, recently announced its interim results for the six months ended 30 June 2013. Read more >>

Eastern Cape government, Kwikspace provide temp education facilities
To address the widely known problem of sub-standard education infrastructure in the Eastern Cape, the Department of Public Works has partnered with a local manufacturer of prefabricated buildings, Kwikspace Modular Buildings, to provide temporary, alternative schooling facilities until permanent schools under the government's school makeover programme are provided. Read more >>

Road to reducing time, money and environmental effects
Road construction has evolved considerably, as have the resources involved. Appropriate road-building materials are expensive and thus, the costs of road construction are not viable for many local authorities. Read more >>


Construction & Engineering
Creating a new generation of women
[Cristina Teixeira] We can create a generation of young professional employable women for previously male dominated sectors. Read more >>

Conversion boom running out of steam
[Joan Muller] The office-to-flat conversion boom in downtown Jo'burg is running out of steam because developers are finding it increasingly difficult to make a decent return on their investments. Read more >>

Women's bricklaying cooperative gets R100,000 injection
[Silas Nduvheni] THOHOYANDOU: A bricklaying cooperative belonging to women near Thohoyandou in Limpopo has received a cash injection of R100,000 from government. Read more >>

Sanral's warning over traffic delays
The SA National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) warned of traffic delays on the N1 north, between Hanover and Colesberg in the Northern Cape, on Wednesday (28 August) because of a strike by construction workers in the area. Read more >>

Limpopo to speed up payments
Roads Agency Limpopo (RAL) has appointed a private firm to help speed up payment of R70m it owes to service providers, the province said on Monday (26 August). Read more >>


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