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NUCLEAR ENERGY

SA wants local industry to gear up to supply nuclear programme

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A local nuclear construction industry capable of bolstering the local content of South Africa’s proposed nuclear energy construction programme needs to be established over the coming ten to twenty years, Department of Energy (DoE)...

By: Henry Lazenby

07 Feb 12

TOLL ROADS

Tolling only viable option, says transport society

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The current uncertainty around whether or not tolling would be implemented on Gauteng’s highways has repercussions beyond the province’s borders, says Intelligent Transport Society of South Africa (ITS South Africa) CEO Dr Paul Vorster. It is...

By: Irma Venter

07 Feb 12

CEMENT STATISTICS

Commission’s cement data restrictions questioned

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Construction development company Business & Marketing Intelligence (BMI) Building Strategy Research Unit principal consultant Dr Llewellyn Lewis has called on the Competition Commission to reverse its decision to prohibit the centralised...

Asset Management

Companies team up for African asset management

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South African physical asset management company Pragma and consulting engineering firm Aurecon have teamed up to deliver turnkey asset management solutions to the African market, including for water and electricity service providers and...

GAUTRAIN

Rosebank–Park Station Gautrain leg to be operational by April

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The remaining leg of the Gautrain route, running between Rosebank and Park station in downtown Johannesburg, is, as a best-case scenario, expected to open in “March, early April”, says Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe.

By: Irma Venter

03 Feb 12

SKILLS DEFICIT

Shortage of materials engineers hobbling South Africa

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The shortage of technical engineering and technology skills, specifically materials engineers and concrete technologists, is threatening the future economic growth of South Africa, says Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI) MD Bryan Perrie.

RENEWABLE ENERGY

Sasol teams up with BrightSource Energy on utility-scale SA solar study

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The clean energy unit of JSE-listed Sasol, which is best known for the conversion of coal and gas into fuels and chemicals, is moving ahead with a front-end engineering and design (FEED) study for a utility-scale solar power plant in South Africa...

By: Terence Creamer

02 Feb 12

EDUCATION INFRASTRUCTURE

Gauteng to build 79 new schools, refurbish existing ones

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The Gauteng Department of Education (GDE) is seeking expressions of interest from building contractors for the construction of 79 new schools and the refurbishment of 12 Phase 1 schools and 285 existing schools in the province. The GDE admitted...

By: Henry Lazenby

02 Feb 12

Topics in these articles

Company	Continent	Country	Industry Term
Eskom South Africa Incorporated South African National Roads Agency Limited AfriSam Lafarge Lafarge Industries South Africa Aurecon Cape Town Environment & Advisory Services Pragma South-East Asia Gautrain Gautrain Management Agency Rosebank Learning Enterprises Alstom BrightSource Energy Renewable Energy Development Bank Of Southern Africa Gauteng Fund Agency	Europe Africa	South Africa Australia Brazil China New Zealand United Kingdom Spain United States	Electricity Nuclear Technologies Proposed Nuclear Energy Construction Programme Technology Vendors Transport Cement Cement Cartel Ruling Cement Market Share Cartel Cement Producer Cement Producers Cement Use Statistics Real-time Synchronisation Asset Management Solutions Electricity Service Providers Holistic Services Turnkey Asset Management Solutions Turnkey Solutions Technology Skills Chemicals Clean-coal Solutions Energy Energy Equipment Low-carbon Electricity Solutions Solar Thermal Technology Steel Educational Infrastructure
Person	Facility	Sports Event	Music Album
Nelisiwe Magubane Phumzile Tshelane Rob King Paul Vorster Llewellyn Lewis Natal Portland Cement Cimpor Simon Roberts Alan Tait Chris Von Holdt Gautrain Jack Van Der Merwe Bryan Perrie John Newman Peter Domone Henri Loubser Joe Desmond John Woolard	Concrete Institute Gautrain Park Station Institute Of Concrete Technology	The 2010 World Cup	Africa
Region	City	Organisation	Natural Feature
Middle East	Johannesburg Pretoria London	Gautrain	Mojave Desert