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AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE

Acsa consortium awarded R70bn Brazil airport contract

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Airports Company South Africa (Acsa), together with Brazilian joint venture partner Invepar, won a R70-billion ($9.2-billion) concession to overhaul and operate the busiest and most valuable of three Brazilian airports, Guarulhos, in São Paulo....

By: Henry Lazenby

08 Feb 12

STATE OF THE NATION

Zuma speech should boost investor confidence, support SMEs

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Enterprise support, especially for small and medium-sized businesses (SME's), could be a key theme of President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address in Parliament tomorrow, organised business said on Wednesday. Business Unity South Africa...

By: Natasha Odendaal

08 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.

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

ENGINEERING EDUCATION

Study seeks to understand why engineering students fail to graduate

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The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) has embarked on a research campaign, the results of which will aid in understanding the challenges regarding tertiary institutions achieving higher pass rates in engineering bachelor’s degrees.

By: Dimakatso Motau

27 Jan 12

Corruption Watch

Cosatu to intensify call for ban on business overlap in public service

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In the run-up to the African National Congress’ (ANC’s) June policy conference, the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) plans to lobby aggressively for a change to the current public service framework allowing government officials...

By: Terence Creamer

26 Jan 12

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Zuma to promote job-creating partnerships at WEF

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President Jacob Zuma will market and promote opportunities offered through the New Growth Path (NGP) at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos, Switzerland, this week. The President, who was accompanied by a number of Ministers including...

By: Natasha Odendaal

25 Jan 12

EMPLOYMENT

SA jobs target ambitious, says SAIRR

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South Africa aims to create five-million jobs by 2020 but has only created 624 000 in the last decade, according to a survey released on Monday.

By: Sapa

23 Jan 12

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Company	Continent	Country	Holiday
Infraero Learning Enterprises Development Bank Of Southern Africa Gauteng Fund Agency Statistics SA.	Africa	Argentina Brazil France India South Africa United Kingdom Switzerland	Youth Day
Industry Term	Person	Sports Event	City
Aerospace Operator Development Finance Institutions Technology Skills Educational Infrastructure Transport Public Services Manufacturing Mining	Bongani Maseko Invepar Jacob Zuma Neren Rau Nick Koornhof Bryan Perrie John Newman Peter Domone Oswald Franks Adila Hassim Ahmed Kathrada Bobby Godsell David Lewis Jeff Radebe Mary Metcalfe Terence Nombembe Vuyiseka Dubula Zwelinzima Vavi Pravin Gordhan Rob Davies Lucy Holborn	The 2014 FIFA World Cup The 2016 Olympic Games	London Johannesburg Davos
Facility	Product	Province Or State
Concrete Institute Institute Of Concrete Technology University Of Cape Town SA Institute Of Race Relations	Gauteng Schools Programme	Limpopo