The Role of Infrastructure in a Sustainable Society
Green Business Journal 9 (2013) By Kristan Wood “Infrastructure is probably the single most important need for Africa to develop.” These are the words of Stephen Hayes, president of the Corporate...
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Cape transport study ‘flawed’
The City of Cape Town’s transport and development plans for the South Peninsula, which is expected to get at least 2 000 new residential units in the next few years, is based on a “flawed” road impact...
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Meet Africa’s captains of construction
Africa is in the midst of a 20 to 30 year infrastructure development boom. Africa’s growth story continues in 2015 with infrastructure development remaining at the forefront of the continent’s growth...
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Gauteng to create new economic corridors
The Gauteng government has announced interventions to change the space and structure of the province’s economy to help address unemployment, poverty and inequality. Speaking during the State of the...
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Proposed R5.3bn expressway to increase N3 safety, productivity
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) recently outlined the benefits of its proposed R5.3-billion De Beers Expressway, saying this would result in significant relief in congestion on...
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KZN to Spend R12 Billion on Infrastructure Projects
The KwaZulu-Natal Provincial Government has allocated R12.060 billion to spend on various infrastructure projects in the province during 2015/16 financial year. “The province is budgeting to spend...
View ArticleOld Mutual acquires 100% of African Infrastructure Investment Managers
Cape Town: Old Mutual Alternative Investments (OMAI), a boutique of Old Mutual Investment Group, has announced an agreement to acquire the 50% of African Infrastructure Investment Managers (AIIM) that...
View ArticleUCT shines in South Africa’s first Greenovate Awards
MEDIA RELEASE FROM GROWTHPOINT PROPERTIES Young environmental innovators from the University of Cape Town scooped both first and second prizes in the inaugural Growthpoint Greenovate Awards, which...
View ArticleWhy green building will be the real superhero at Paris
Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No. But it’s not superman either. COP21 in Paris is set to have a more unlikely hero: green building. If you think that’s a rather bold way to begin a blog, the facts speak...
View ArticleChina loans billions to South Africa for infrastructure
China and South Africa signed deals totalling $6.5bn during President Xi’s four-day tour of the country last week. Among the agreements is a $2.5bn loan to Transnet, South Africa’s state-owned rail...
View ArticleA plan to spur climate resilient infrastructure in Africa
In Africa and by Africans is the central concept behind plans to set up a new facility to spur climate resilient investment planning on the continent. The proposed establishment of the Africa Facility...
View ArticleTransport infrastructure said to be constraining Africa’s tourism growth
Transport infrastructure and services for intra-continental travel have been cited as a key constraint limiting the growth of tourism in Africa by the 2015 Africa Tourism Monitor, an annual report on...
View ArticleMunicipal agency moves to pioneer framework contracts in water milieu
The Municipal Infrastructure Support Agency (Misa) aims to release an expression of interest in March, followed by a tender, for a pioneering framework contract in the municipal water and sanitation...
View ArticleOpinion: If Africans Don’t Exploit Opportunities In African Logistics,...
Global logistics and transportation firms have expanded operations in Africa despite infrastructure challenges — or because of them — in a sector that holds huge potential and opportunities for...
View ArticleFloating array on reservoir near London will be the second-largest in the...
Construction work has begun on Europe’s largest floating solar farm at the Queen Elizabeth II reservoir near London as part of Thames Water’s plans to source a third of its energy from renewable...
View ArticleHotels worldwide going green with LEED
The pace of green building in the hospitality sector is on the rise, and it doesn’t require making any sacrifice in the luxury of your stay away from home, according to a new report from the U.S. Green...
View ArticleCape Town’s V&A Waterfront swims against sluggish economic tide
Cape Town’s V&A Waterfront is bucking the sluggish trend in the national economy. It pulled in over three-million visitors in December alone, has substantially boosted its coffers and has embarked...
View ArticleSustainable Homes: The Earthship
Homes and other buildings have a direct impact on the environment due to the construction process utilized to build them, the materials used, and the design features. Traditional homes have typically...
View ArticleJeppe Park Primary becomes living laboratory for green schools
Earlier this year, the first Streetlight School opened in Johannesburg, South Africa. The project has been registered for a four-star Green Star SA Interiors rating with the Green Building Council of...
View ArticleWorld’s Largest Solar Glass Envelope To Supply Electricity At Copenhagen...
Dubai-based Emirates Insolaire will supply about 12,000 solar glass panels to the Copenhagen International School in Denmark, boosting the facility’s production of clean electricity. Emirates Insolaire...
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