The World Bank on Wednesday, 12 May, signed a $500m infrastructure project with Democratic Republic of Congo to improve roads, mitigate flood risks...
A new technology and data sharing collaboration between the Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW) and the CSIR will develop the role of welding in the fourth industrial revolution
President Cyril Ramaphosa stated that the R100bn Infrastructure Fund, aimed at revitalising South Africa's battered economy, will blend resources from the fiscus with financing from the private sector and development institutions...
The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited has announced the progress made on Routine Road Maintenance projects across Gauteng's three metropolitan areas of Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg and Tshwane.
In one of its largest deals in recent years, the Absa Commercial Property Finance division has provided a loan of R1,43bn, in addition to an existing facility of R210m, to develop the first tower of the Harbour Arch project ...
Demolition is a highly structured and technically complex process from an engineering, logistical and health and safety perspective...
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel says South Africa must rebuild its manufacturing strength to be able to fully benefit from the opportunities in the BRICS markets...
Walking remains the main mode of transport in many sub-Saharan African cities, especially among low-income residents in informal settlements. Yet, it is well acknowledged that walking conditions in African cities are unsafe...
Seth Asare Okyere, Daniel Oviedo, Louis Kusi Frimpong, Mariajose Nieto & Michihiro Kita 29 Mar 2021
A warm welcome and congratulations to the many companies who have opened or published via their Press Office Newsrooms so far this year....
Bizcommunity.com 29 Mar 2021
Scheduled to open its doors in January 2022, Paragon Group has designed a new facility for Torah Academy Girls High School in Johannesburg...
World Water Week, which took place between 15 and 22 March 2021, provides an opportunity to rethink where we are as a nation. It provides an opportunity to re-evaluate our journey...
Professor Anthony Turton 26 Mar 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic has generated renewed focus on health and wellness when it comes to where and how we work and live...
Effective 1 March 2021, Justice Tootla is the new managing director of Averda. With over 20 years' experience within various industries...
John Deere is expanding its construction brand into 18 new countries across southern and western Africa...
In the early years of African independence, hydroelectricity offered the promise of modernity and development...
Roger Gocking 24 Mar 2021
According to Indawo managing director Geoffrey Jäck, it has been a long time coming, but asbestos is now outlawed and building owners have only 14 months...
A partnership between South Africa and Japan will see the Department of Water and Sanitation train artisans to deal with water losses in communities...
Keamogetswe Matsho is a woman on top of her game right now and she won't be slowing down anytime soon...
Charndré Emma Kippie, Topco Media 19 Mar 2021
In just the last five years South Africa has faced two of the biggest challenges imaginable. We are in the midst of a once-in-a-century pandemic and...
Michael Franze 19 Mar 2021
Africa is the continent most vulnerable to the impact of climate change. That's largely because many of its people and governments are too poor to do what's needed...
Mike Muller 19 Mar 2021
According to Carshif Talip, expertise leader, Urban Planning and Land Infrastructure at Zutari, a 'smart city' is much more than a city that is digitally enabled and brimming with technology...
The SARS-CoV-2 pandemic has resulted in many fault lines emerging in our societies. One of the key ones is that of behaviour change...
Jay Bhagwan 18 Mar 2021
Fresh to the local startup scene is Yakha, a new digital marketplace for the African built environment which aims to simplify...
Sindy Peters 17 Mar 2021
Ian Perry from Durban-based furniture manufacturer Homewood won in the Established Manufacturers category of the National Furniture Design Competition...
Called Voyager Station, the project will be built by Orbital Assembly Corporation which describes itself as "the world's first large-scale space construction company"...
According to Paragon Group director Henning Rasmuss, the new Lanseria Smart City revealed during this year's SONA is just 'papering over the cracks'...
Unlike other channels, Press Office newsrooms on Bizcommunity are an owned asset for brands, the place where PR or brand communications teams can communicate whatever, however and whenever they want...
Bizcommunity.com 16 Mar 2021
Spearheaded by Congo Bulaya, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) will host its virtual Smart City Conference from 16 to 18 April this year...
In the wake of National Water Week, the spotlight is again placed on the country's water infrastructure and its numerous challenges. Here's how tech can help...
Jacques Squire 15 Mar 2021
According to the latest FNB/BER Building Confidence Index, more than 70% of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions...
The current response to Covid-19 and working from home has many unanticipated pitfalls. The dialogue around culture and new ways of working has been...
Anthony Orelowitz 11 Mar 2021
