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Gauteng urged to stop sending water to the Cape

Petru Saal

Gauteng residents were urged on Thursday, 1 February, not to jeopardise their own water supply by sending truck-loads of donated water to the drought-stricken Western Cape...read
Construction & Engineering
Cape Town International Airport to get new runway
Cape Town International Airport to get new runway
Cape Town International Airport has received the green light from the Department of Environmental Affairs for the construction of the airport's new realigned runway... read
Architecture & Design
2018 Architecture ZA festival to focus on new opportunities in shaping our cities
2018 Architecture ZA festival to focus on new opportunities in shaping our cities
This year's Architecture ZA (#AZA18) festival is calling for participatory action from those involved in the built environment on issues around how we shape our cities collectively... read
A 3D model of a development scenario in Brisbane's West End produced using ESRI's CityEngine program. Author supplied
How virtual 3D modelling and simulation can help us create better cities

Yan Liu, Iderlina Mateo-Babiano and Sebastien Darc

New technologies offer new possibilities for planning and designing cities... read
Materials & Equipment
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ArcelorMittal says profits more than doubled in 2017
Global steel giant ArcelorMittal said Wednesday, 31 January, that its net profit more than doubled last year as the worldwide market for steel improved... read
Volume of cement PPC sold in 2017 falls, but it remains ahead of competitors
Volume of cement PPC sold in 2017 falls, but it remains ahead of competitors

Robert Laing

The volume of cement PPC sold in the nine months to end-December fell about 2% - half the overall South African cement industry's 4% decline, the group said in an operating update on Friday, 2 January... read
Smart Buildings & Cities
Smart cities need to be more human, so we're creating Sims-style virtual worlds
Smart cities need to be more human, so we're creating Sims-style virtual worlds

Nick Malleson and Alison Heppenstall

Huge quantities of networked sensors have appeared in cities across the world in recent years. These include cameras and sensors that count the number of passers-by, devices to sense air quality, traffic flow detectors, and even beehive monitors... read
City's digital technology 'request for ideas' closes 16 February
City's digital technology 'request for ideas' closes 16 February
The City of Cape Town's call for submissions on how it can make use of digital technology and data to enhance its performance and enable residents and businesses to engage more actively with the city, closes on 16 February 2018... read
Sustainable Development
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Metro calls for investment in innovative solar power project

Odette Parfitt

The Nelson Mandela Bay municipality is planning to embark on an electricity generation project that will see selected consumers across the metro equipped with solar panels - at no cost to either party... read
Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent 'clearing' of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi
Housing crisis: data collection is critical

Sean O'Toole

The use of data to manage the world's growing housing crisis came into focus during the second day of the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference at the University of Cape Town... read
Utilities
Could Cape Town see its green waste drop-off sites closed?
Could Cape Town see its green waste drop-off sites closed?
NEWSWATCH: According to a tweet from organic compost producer Reliance Compost, Cape Town could see its green waste drop-off sites closed... read
Delegates at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference currently underway at the University of Cape Town. Photo: Andy Mkosi
Water crisis: Are bigger dams the answer?

Sean O'Toole

Why is Cape Town experiencing a water crisis? How does one answer that without ignoring history and simplifying the facts?... read
International
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Amazon opens plant-filled 'The Spheres' buildings
Internet giant Amazon on Monday, 29 January, opened its plant-packed The Spheres buildings in its home city of Seattle... read
Business
China Crisis via  - The Berg River Dam, located near Franschhoek, is one of the principal dams in the Western Cape Water Supply System.
Decline in agricultural usage pushes Day Zero back to mid-May
Due to a decline in agricultural water usage, Day Zero has been pushed back to mid-May 2018. Agricultural usage is likely to drop significantly over the next weeks... read
Xoliswa Hlongwane, CFO designate at uShaka Marine World
#BizFinFocus: Making a splash in the world of public sector finance
Xoliswa Hlongwane is about to take over as uShaka Marine World's chief financial officer (CFO). She shares her insights on working in the public sector... read
Global unemployment down but working poverty rampant: UN
Global unemployment down but working poverty rampant: UN
The global unemployment rate is expected to tick down in 2018, the United Nations said Monday, 22 January, while warning that far too many workers still live in desperate poverty... read
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