Limpopo lodge goes 100% 'green'
Posted May 13th, 2008 by AACUsing his decades of expertise as a chemical engineer, Dr Hans Hahn runs a Soutpansberg-based eco-tourism lodge entirely on alternative, renewable and sustainable energy, writes Michael Appel.
Speaking to BuaNews at Tourism Indaba 2008, Dr Hahn explained the Moshavehla Lodge was detached entirely from Eskom's power-grid and the entire farm was powered using a combination of solar power and thermal gasification.
This involves extracting gas by burning wood and recycling waste to power generators.
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Commuters to get Pretoria, Joburg express train
By Luyanda Makapela
Pretoria - Commuters who often spend hours in peak traffic between Pretoria and Johannesburg are to receive a business express train.
The service will run from Pretoria Station and end at Johannesburg Pak station in under an hour and is expected to dramatically reduce the congestion on the N1 highway. Buses will also provide further distribution around the two cities from the stations.
Security guards will be deployed along the route of the train and fares will be as low as R30 up to a monthly ticket of R750.
Winners of 2010 design competition to be announced
Posted May 8th, 2008 by AACBy Nthambeleni Gabara
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town will on Thursday announce the winners of its 2010 Green Goal Mouille Point Student Landscape Design Competition.
As a one of the host cities of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the city will announce the winners of the competition on Thursday at the Cape Town Hotel.
This is the first ever student competition in Cape Town, linked to the Green Goal programme of the forthcoming world cup.
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Energy crisis not affecting major construction in Gauteng
By Nthambeleni Gabara
Boksburg - The current power crisis and outages are not affecting major construction in Gauteng, says Gauteng MEC for Local Government, Qedani Dorothy Mahlangu.
Ms Mahlangu was speaking at an Energy Conservation and Production conference initiated by the Institute for International Research (IRR's) in Boksburg on Monday.
"I have never received information that a particular construction has been delayed by a power cut. All major constructions including the Gautrain are running full steam in our province," she said.
NBS launches Building Specification System for South Africa
Global building specifications solutions company National Building Specification (NBS) has officially launched its building specification system for South Africa, with the aim of delivering building specification solutions to all segments of the construction industry.
