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Planned Rand Water maintenance may affect municipalities, industries and mines

28 May 2026

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Construction of solar facility set to power 60,000 households

28 May 2026

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High Court backs municipality’s right to reject bidders over reputational harm

Charlise Finch and Shekesh Sirkar 26 May 2026

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Katlehong residents use digger to tear up main road during protest

Kimberly Mutandiro 26 May 2026

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Storm recovery efforts continue across Western Cape

25 May 2026

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Treasury to recover billions owed to municipalities

22 May 2026

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Are university land sales unexpectedly driving urban development?

Katja Hamilton 22 May 2026

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Building collapse kills at least 4 people in Morocco's Fez

Ahmed Eljechtimi 21 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Mpho Sadiki, managing director,
merchant services, Africa at Network International and Payfast by Network.

Payfast-backed platform brings municipal billing to WhatsApp

21 May 2026

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The R200,000 charge many South Africans building a home never see coming

20 May 2026

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Government may finally be heeding calls for Cape Town military land to be developed for housing

Matthew Hirsch 19 May 2026

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Solar boom exposes critical engineering workforce gap

19 May 2026

Source: Supplied. Scott Thorburn is the national asset manager; Office at Redefine Properties.

How the office sector rebound is shaping intelligent workspaces

Scott Thorburn 18 May 2026

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Rethinking risk beyond the tender stage

Morag Evans 18 May 2026

Africa news

A tourist rides a beach buggy in Wadi Billi, at El-Gouna near the Red Sea, Egypt, 14 November 2018. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany

Egypt plans $1bn Red Sea marina, hotel development

Ahmed Elimam, Momen Saeed Atallah and Alexander Dziadosz 10 Feb 2026

Source: Supplied. The design team at the groundbreaking ceremony: Simon Herd and Alex Sagwe, Mace YMR; Justin Orina, Airtel; Rob Woffenden, FBW; Harry Eddy, Mace YMR and Mohamed Elsayed, Meinhardt.

Kenya’s tech evolution: Construction of colossal data centre underway at Tatu City

31 Dec 2025

Google backs SA with new cable hub and funding

Google backs SA with new cable hub and funding

18 Sep 2025

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Ethiopia’s mega dam has taken 14 years to build: what it means for the Nile’s 11 river states and why it’s so controversial

John Mukum Mbaku 12 Sep 2025

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