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Source: Growthpoint Properties. Longkloof Studios is a green-certified commercial office space in Cape Town, having achieved a 4-Star Green Star Existing Building Performance rating.

How green building certification boosts real estate profits

Source: Holland & Associates (fair use). The Namaquasfontein Skool Dam was illegally enlarged in 2017.

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condonedJohn Yeld

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Crisis mode: SA's new strategies for supply-chain disruptions

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Tragedy strikes Durban construction site: One dead, four injured in structural collapse

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South Africa unlocks $1.5bn World Bank loan to tackle infrastructure bottlenecks and attract private investment

Source: Holland & Associates (fair use). The Namaquasfontein Skool Dam was illegally enlarged in 2017.

Illegal enlargement of West Coast farm dam condoned

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The CEO of T-Connect Lesotho, Phelane Phomane, at the launch of Starlink. Image: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Starlink launches amid job losses in Lesotho

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Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

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DPSA Provincial Treasurer, Redewaan Ederies, DPSA Provincial Chairperson, Bongani Yamba, Provincial Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, and DPSA Programme Manager, Nyameko Mpulu.

WCG and DPSA sign MOU to build accessible infrastructure

17 Dec 2024

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17 Dec 2024

#BestofBiz 2024: Construction & Engineering

#BestofBiz 2024: Construction & Engineering

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South Africa needs 14,000km of transmission cables over the next decade. Source: Pok Rie/Pexels

Government tackles transmission crisis with private sector collaboration

Lindsey Schutters 11 Dec 2024

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Basic Education launches app to track eradication of pit toilets

11 Dec 2024

Prince Buthelezi Mall set to open in April 2026 in KZN

Prince Buthelezi Mall set to open in April 2026 in KZN

9 Dec 2024

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala at the awards ceremony ahead of the Indaba

Municipalities enter the climate crisis chat at built environment indaba

Lindsey Schutters 9 Dec 2024

The SAFARI-1 research reactor in Pelindaba is a key part of SA's nuclear dominance

Nuclear takes centre stage of SA development plans

Lindsey Schutters 5 Dec 2024

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

3 Dec 2024

Rail carriages are pictured at the Siggenthal plant of cement maker Holcim in Wurenlingen near Zurich, Switzerland. Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Holcim Lafarge sale ups Chinese ownership of African cement market

Kanjyik Ghosh and Surbhi Misra 3 Dec 2024

Mine tailings has become major business

Mantengu gets Compcom nod for Sublime Technologies acquisition

Lindsey Schutters 2 Dec 2024

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Dam owners called to register their dams within 60 days

2 Dec 2024

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Chemical industry gets 7% increase in new bargaining agreement

Lindsey Schutters 29 Nov 2024

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How Ninety One is closing Africa’s infrastructure gap

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Murray & Roberts stops trading, puts SA operations on life support

Murray & Roberts stops trading, puts SA operations on life support

Lindsey Schutters 25 Nov 2024

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

#BizTrends2025 Sponsors announced and categories still open for Curating the Future

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R7bn battery projects reach financial close to boost Eskom resilience

21 Nov 2024

Barloworld Equipment executive for operations in South Africa, Bongani Miya.

Sustainable infrastructure plays a vital role in the future of Africa

20 Nov 2024

Deputy finance minister Ashor Sarupen visited the National Construction Summit to deliver a R63bn Construction Mafia warning. Source: x.com

Treasury estimates economic cost of Construction Mafia at R63bn so far

Lindsey Schutters 19 Nov 2024

The City of Cape Town has been releasing more sewage into the ocean from its Hout Bay marine outfall than its discharge permit allows. But following appeals over the granting of the permit, and a criminal case being laid against the City, environmental minister Dion George has lifted restrictions on the quantity of sewage it is allowed to discharge. Archive photo: Steve Kretzmann / GroundUp

Cape Town may pump as much sewage into the sea as it likes

Steve Kretzmann 19 Nov 2024

Bizcommunity Recruitment: Take careers to the next level

Bizcommunity Recruitment: Take careers to the next level

Bizcommunity.com 15 Nov 2024

A general view shows ArcelorMittal South Africa as members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) embark on a strike action over a wage dispute in Johannesburg, South Africa, 12 May 2022. Reuters/ Sumaya Hisham/File Photo

Numsa to strike at ArcelorMittal over job cuts

Nelson Banya 14 Nov 2024

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Affordable housing set to rise on Cape Town's high-value Green Point site

13 Nov 2024

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City of Johannesburg to implement water restrictions

12 Nov 2024

Anglo's Quellaveco project in Peru first produced copper in 2022

Copper could cure Murray & Roberts cold after De Beers diamond cough

Lindsey Schutters 8 Nov 2024

South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

South Africa to welcome new private university by 2026

7 Nov 2024

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Champions of sustainability recognised with GBCSA Leadership Awards 2024

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Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

Schneider Electric lab lights up Malawi youth

19 Dec 2024

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

AltSchool Africa and Binance launch scholarships to nurture digital skills in 500 Africans

3 Dec 2024

Rail carriages are pictured at the Siggenthal plant of cement maker Holcim in Wurenlingen near Zurich, Switzerland. Source: Reuters/Denis Balibouse

Holcim Lafarge sale ups Chinese ownership of African cement market

Kanjyik Ghosh and Surbhi Misra 3 Dec 2024

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How Ninety One is closing Africa’s infrastructure gap

25 Nov 2024

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