Johannesburg - The Bombela Civils Joint Venture (CJV) is on track with construction at the N3/Marlboro interchange.
According to the Bombela Concession on Tuesday, CJV was preparing for the construction of a tunnel portion of the Gautrain alignment beneath the N3 at Marlboro Drive.
Nigeria: $600m Malaysian Gardens Housing Project for Launch Today - Global Formwork, the project initiator of the $600 million Malaysian Gardens Housing project situated in the Saraji District of Abuja will today conduct a site- tour of the progress being made in the on-going construction works at the site to the Nigerian public, a statement from the company has said. [AA Urbanisation]
Nigeria: FG Set to Implement Affordable Housing - The Federal Government yesterday took a bold step towards redressing the anormalies in the housing and property sector, by establishing three sub-committees on implementation of report of the Presidential Committee on Affordable Housing Scheme. [AA Urbanisation]
Nigeria: Construction Increases Business Activities in Jigawa - All over the world, construction work is regarded as a huge employer of labour. In Dutse, the capital of Jigawa, commercial activities have been on the increase in recent times following the resumption of massive construction works and other activities that were embarked upon by various contractors throughout the state. [AA Construction]
Cape Town - On national Freedom Day, President Thabo Mbeki has called for "all hands on deck" to deal with the challenges facing the country.
Addressing Freedom Day celebrations on Sunday at the Turfhall Stadium in Landsdowne, President Mbeki said that everyone needed to engage in "business unusual".
Port Elizabeth - The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan has called upon all sectors of the society to work together with government to build a caring society through effective service delivery.
Kenya: Time to Improve Housing in Low-End Areas - The aftermath of the post election crisis are still grinding on the ground. Many displaced people are going back to their ancestral homes or to areas they once had relatives to begin life afresh. [AA Urbanisation]
Nigeria: Reflections - the Making of a Rogue Capital City - The collective vision of the Federal Capital city of Abuja still remains mysterious and unfathomable, (just like its Master Plan!) but I can bet that the late General Murtala Muhammed whose regime rightly conceptualized a worthy capital for the country, would not have imagined the obscene display of mutual destructive roguery in the territory in the past two weeks. [AA Urbanisation]
Angola: Huíla - Province to Have Three Arts And Crafts Pavilions - Three pavilions of arts and crafts will be inaugurated on Tuesday and Wednesday in Chicomba, Matala and Kuvango districts, by Huila Province governor, Francisco José Ramos da Cruz, in the ambit of the government programme aimed at diversifying youths' training choices. [AA Urbanisation]
Nigeria: 'Useni Bastardised Abuja Master Plan' - Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Dr. Aliyu Modibbo at the weekend, reviewed the distortion of the Abuja Master Plan and concluded that the problem began with the administration of Lt. Gen. Jeremiah Useni (rtd) who served as minister under the Abacha military government. [AA Urbanisation]
Central African Republic: Cement - Bangui Negotiates Supply - "The President of the Central African Republic, General François Bozize instructed Prime Minister Faustin Archange Touadera to send me to negotiate with the Cameroonian authorities solutions to the acute shortage in the supply of cement that has hit our country". [AA Construction]
Nigeria: Lagos to Build Five Maternal Health Centres - Arrangements by the Lagos State government have reached advanced stage to build within the next four years five 100-bed maternal and child health complexes in Ikorodu, Isolo town, Ifako-Ijaye, Gbaja town and Ajeromi-Ifelodun to strengthen the state's secondary health care programme. [AA Urbanisation]
Angola: Cabinda Government to Penalise Incompliant Construction Firms - The governor of northern Cabinda province, José Aníbal Rocha Friday promised, in Buco Zau village, to penalise firms that do not comply with the deadlines agreed upon the construction contracts signed with the Angolan government, in the framework of the ongoing national reconstruction process. [AA Construction]
Shelling Resumes in Bujumbura - The resumption in the violence in Bujumbura is causing panic in the country. Outside the capital, residents spend their nights in the bush for fear of being attacked, as the death toll rose to 33. [AA Network - Burundi]