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- Unpacking the R846 Billion
- Flintlocks & Knobkerries
- Harvesting Air
- Creative Approches to Enterprise Development
- The State of the Nation Interviews: Part One
Unpacking the R846 Billion
Underpinning our strategy for economic recovery and growth is our capital investment programme. Over the next three years government will spend R846 billion on public infrastructure.
Flintlocks & Knobkerries
Well, that didn’t take very long. No sooner have the international guests departed
the house than the neighbours are rolling their eyes at the sound of raised voices
and breaking crockery as South
Harvesting Air
The Namib fog beetle is a feisty little creature. Every morning he makes an arduous journey to the top of a sand dune, where he turns his body into the wind, straightens out his rear legs and lowers h
Creative Approches to Enterprise Development
I do not believe there is, or will ever be, one magic model for contractor development. Khuthaza’s Contractor Development Programmes have been growing and evolving over the past several years and serv
The State of the Nation Interviews: Part One
After an adrenalin-fuelled cycle of work, under unsustainable pressure, South Africa’s construction industry is heading into troubled waters. ISIZA looks to a few of the industry’s leading minds for t
Brazil 2014
As construction for the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa draws to a close, all eyes in the industry move to Brazil. In this article, we briefly consider the advantages of using either the Fédérat »
eThekwini Enterprise Development
An adaptation of the phrase appears apt when searching for South African examples of efficient and well-managed delivery of municipal infrastructure. Time and again, fingers point toward an innovative »
Blood Brothers: Brazil & Africa
Historical ties between Africa and Brazil date back many centuries, through the years of the African Diaspora and the Atlantic slave trade. From the 16th century, slaves were spirited away from Centra »
Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority
The Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority (TCTA) is a state-owned organisation whose mission is to fund and develop bulk raw water infrastructure in a sustainable manner that is cost-effective and benefits t »
Flintlocks and Knobkerries - The Stakes are ever Higher
The events of the past week or so bring to mind the words of an old comrade from the Eastern Cape who made the seemingly obvious observation that while the ANC has been given the honour of leading the »
Low-Cost Housing Development
Since the introduction of social housing in South Africa, there is no record of a private sector for-profit company having engaged in the initiation, development and management of a social housing pro »
Mapungubwe - Building of the Year
There is a place where Botswana, Zimbabwe and South Africa unite, along the banks of the Limpopo and Shashe rivers. Its name was once the Kingdom of Mapungubwe. »
The North-South Corridor: Part Two
In Part One we looked at the challenges faced, such as prohibitive transport costs (much of it owing to the time it takes to travel), red tape and poor regulations, decaying infrastructure, lack of in »
SA Construction and the Financial Crisis
A summary of the paper: How has South African construction been insulated from the global financial crisis? Authored by Reamogetje Ngoepe, Mbongeni Simelane and Ian Kennedy – School of Construction, E »
cidb Best Practice
The skills challenge facing South Africa needs no introduction, but what demands attention is the way in which performance quality and leadership will be developed in order to drive the construction i »
