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            <title>Growthpoint increases number of net-zero certifications across its portfolio</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint Properties has reached 12 net-zero carbon certification projects across its South African office, logistics and industrial portfolio. The company has highlighted that this milestone reflects its continued progress towards its long-term environmental and decarbonisation goals, and forms part of Growthpoint’s broader commitment to reaching net-zero certifications across 20 buildings by 2028, while supporting its ambition of carbon neutrality across its portfolio by 2050.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Real estate investment trust Hyprop Investments has completed and commissioned the R45-million Phase 2 of its solar PV project at the Glen Shopping Centre, which the company co-owns and manages. Phase 2 boosts the centre’s total installed solar capacity to 4 304 kW.]]></description>
            <author>Tasneem Bulbulia</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The gap in local supply of lighter long steel products, following the closure of steel producer ArcelorMittal South Africa’s Newcastle Works in November last year, compounded by tariffs, has significantly affected infrastructure projects and stakeholders in the steel value chain, says industry association Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) CEO Amanuel Gebremeskel. Several infrastructure project categories have been affected by the steel shortage, including transmission lines, renewable-energy installations, bridges, logistics infrastructure, municipal services and commercial developments.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <title>Local architectural studio joins global collective, expanding its reach</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[South African architectural studio dhk Architects has joined global architecture firm Egis Group’s 10N collective, marking a significant milestone in the Cape Town- and Johannesburg-based studio's international expansion, says dhk Architects MD Renske Haller. Headquartered in Paris and operating across five continents, Egis provides architecture, engineering, consulting and mobility solutions. Its 10N Collective brings together expert practices in urbanism, architecture and design.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[As Phase 1 of the Kokstad Water Supply Scheme programme, in the Harry Gwala district municipality, in KwaZulu-Natal, nears completion, completed works have already delivered tangible improvements across the municipality, says engineering consultancy Zimile water business unit head Letlotlo Borane. The scheme aims to restore water security to the Kokstad, Bhongweni and Shayamoya areas, where there have been severe shortages and interruptions, owing to drought, ageing infrastructure and insufficient raw water supply.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Following its appointment in May 2025 to assist in restoring and rehabilitating Parliament’s Old Assembly Building, in Cape Town, demolition contractor Draco Group completed its full scope of work last month, significantly ahead of the new projected timeline, says Draco Group CEO Teddy Habib. The project forms part of the broader Parliament Infrastructure Programme, with the Development Bank of Southern Africa acting as the implementing agent.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine Ramdass</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Namibia is positioning its oil, gas and mining sectors as catalysts for industrialisation, beneficiation and infrastructure development under its National Development Plan Six (NDP6), with government also pursuing policy and regulatory reform to attract greater foreign direct investment (FDI), says law firm Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr (CDH). Speaking during a webinar last month, CDH dispute resolution managing partner and director Patrick Kauta said Namibia’s FDI inflows increased from N$50-billion from 2009 to 2020, to N$151-billion from 2021 to 2024, largely owing to exploration activity in the oil and gas sector.]]></description>
            <author>Devina Haripersad</author>
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            <title>R12m grant supports RTE international-NTCSA grid-resilience cooperation</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Agence française de développement (AFD) has approved a €650 000 (about R12-million) grant to facilitate a two-year technical cooperation programme between RTE international and the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA). This collaboration between the French and South African electricity transmission operators has been formalised through a memorandum of understanding involving Eskom, RTE international, AFD, and NTCSA, signed on the sidelines of the Africa Energy Forum in Cape Town.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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