6 Aug 2013

Building & Construction

MTV lives on

While MTV no longer stands for Music Television, the essence of the 32-year-old channel lives on, supported by a shiny new market segment - an audience that requires much more than music videos. In order to keep them satiated, the channel has launched its first localised interactive magazine programme for South Africa's youth - MTV Choice; it's been dubbed "pop-tastic"...

Want to start your own business? Easier said than done, I'm afraid - ask any successful entrepreneur about the trials and tribulations they experienced before finding the winning formula. Problemio.com, creator of business planning apps, has outlined five steps to starting a business.

Even if you have been in HR management for some time, it's not easy to pick out a fraudulent medical certificate. Once you have, or have your suspicions, what do you do then? Lia Marus advises on the best course of action in "How to deal with fraudulent medical certificates".

I, and I suspect many others, have a severe case of arms deal fatigue. We're going on two years since the commission was set up to determine whether there was any corruption involved in procurement contracts that were awarded in the '90s. The public hearings, were underway in Pretoria, this week, but have since been postponed for two weeks to allow for the declassification of certain documents. Here's hoping it'll be smooth sailing from there on...

Sindy Peters, Group Head: Content

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Weekly top stories

Construction collusion entrenched?
The Competition Tribunal may have confirmed the R1,46bn in penalties for 15 construction firms which admitted collusive tendering, but serious questions remain. These include the role of the FIFA World Cup 2010's Local Organising Committee (LOC), personal consequences (if any) for the executives who facilitated the collusion and civil claims for damages by its victims. Read more >>

Building & Construction
Green retrofits - a consideration for today's industrial tenant?
With sustainability acknowledged as one of the major trends shaping our world today and tomorrow, should tenants consider retrofitting the buildings they occupy with green technologies? Read more >>


Engineering
Water problems going from bad to worse
An alarming shortage of skilled professionals is handicapping efforts to fix South Africa's water crisis, which has become so dire that government has admitted to water wastage worth R11bn a year because of leaking pipes, decrepit infrastructure and poor municipal administration. Read more >>


Building Materials
Cashbuild's revenue up 8% but margins fell
Building material retailer Cashbuild said on Tuesday (6 August) in its fourth quarter operational update that revenue had increased by 8%‚ but gross profit margins declined and trading conditions were expected to remain competitive. Read more >>

Illiad expects loss for six months to June
Shares in Iliad Africa tumbled to their worst level in four weeks on Thursday (1 August) after the company said it expected to report a loss for the six months to June. Read more >>

Corobrik begins its new financial year on a positive note
Corobrik's performance during its 2012/2013 financial year has been solid. The national brickmaker is now 111 years old and has remained stable despite a tough trading environment. Read more >>


Construction
Kwikspace provides much-needed classrooms in the Western Cape
Kwikspace Modular Buildings, in partnership with the Public Works Department, has recently completed three schooling projects in and around the Western Cape that will see hundreds of previously disadvantaged scholars gaining a comfortable education. Read more >>

Contractor walks his way to R100 million rand success with funding from ECDC
Backed by development financier, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation (ECDC), Mthatha construction entrepreneur Manelisi Gibson has literally walked his way to success, amassing projects worth more than R100 million along the way. Read more >>

The impact of new dam safety regulations on the mining and industrial sector
The latest regulations of the National Water Act demand more attention to safety risks and more detailed reporting to authorities regarding compliance, construction and operation of dams. The regulations have implications for the mining and industrial sectors. Read more >>


Project Management
60m-high Mandela sculpture on Table Mountain? [Video]
Commemorating Nelson Mandela's 95th birthday, Dutch firm Whim Architecture is proposing to design a sculptured memorial of Mandela's head and set it on the side of the Table Mountain range in Cape Town. Read more >>


International

World Bank provides US$14,7bn to Africa
The World Bank committed a record US$14.7bn in its fiscal year to June to support economic growth and better development prospects in Africa despite uncertain economic conditions in the rest of the global economy. Read more >>


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