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Property Developments

Infrastructure and property development catalysts for industry growth

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Elevator installation and repair company Utility Elevators believes that infrastructure and property developments are fostering a healthy elevator and escalators industry in South Africa.

By: Megan Wait

25 Sep 09

ADVERTORIAL

Thailand Steps up Trade with South Africa

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H.E. Dr. Veerasak Jinarat, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Commerce of the Kingdom of Thailand has been on an official visit to Johannesburg and Cape Town in June to promote bi-lateral trade between the Kingdom of Thailand and South Africa.

Property Developments

KZN company under way with R6m lifts contract

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Southern African consultants in the elevators industry KZN Elevator Consultants has been awarded a contract valued at R6-million to modernise eight lifts for a property owners and management company.

By: Megan Wait

25 Sep 09

Property Development

$200m Mauritius property development on track, despite meltdown

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The $200-million La Balise Marina-Mauritius project in the Black River area on the south-west coast of Mauritius developed by ENL Property, part of the ENL group based in Mauritius, together with Investec (Mauritius) Bank is progressing well.

By: Dennis Ndaba

12 Mar 10

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

SA construction major looks offshore to fill project pipeline

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JSE-listed construction group Murray & Roberts is increasingly shopping offshore for project opportunities.

By: Irma Venter

12 Mar 10

CONSTRUCTION

Work remains, but competitive pressures  have increased – WBHO

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“There is no doubt about it,” says Wilson Bayly Holmes - Ovcon (WBHO) CEO Louwtjie Nel, “there is still work out there, but to get it, you have to be much more competitive.”

By: Irma Venter

05 Mar 10

CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Group Five seeks more work abroad, in private sector

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Group Five was seeking a return to a “nice mix of public and private work such as before the super-boom”, said CEO Mike Upton on Thursday as he announced the company’s results for the six months ended December 31. He was also in favour of...

By: Irma Venter

04 Mar 10

HOUSING

Now Sea Kay’s finance chief quits

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Beleaguered mass housing construction group Sea Kay on Tuesday revealed that another top executive, its CFO Gerrie Olivier, had resigned. The company's chairperson Akhter Deshmukh and CEO Farid Hartnick resigned in February, after only months in...

By: Loni Prinsloo

02 Mar 10

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City	Company	Country	Industry Term
Lorentzville Cape Town Johannesburg Abu Dhabi	Afhco Holdings Utility Elevators Eskom Gautrain Murray Ovcon Human Settlements National Housing Finance Corporation Sea Kay	China Greece South Africa Spain Kingdom Of Thailand Thailand Mauritius Saudi Arabia United States	Maintenance Services Modernisation Solutions Business To Business Food Food Building Plastics Rubber Control Systems Project Management Service Solutions Construction Energy Sectors Mining Mass Housing Construction
Person	Continent	Currency	Natural Feature
Dudley Whittaker Leigh Angelo Tami Ewan Veerasak Jinarat Sanjeev Singh Dominic Dupont Brian Bruce Gautrain Louwtjie Nel Wilson Bayly Holmes Mike Upton Akhter Deshmukh Farid Hartnick Gerrie Olivier Pieter Van Der Schyf	Africa Europe	USD	Western Cape Black River Noir River Sea Kay Engineering
Facility	Region	Organisation	Product
Grace Hotel La Balise Marina Gautrain Medupi Power Station	West Coast Middle East	Gautrain	Ricoh R10 Digital Camera