Nigeria: National Mosque Rehabilitation Near Completion - The Abuja national mosque renovation work is to be completed very soon, Daily Trust can report. The rehabilitation contract was awarded to A &K construction company in November 2007 at the cost of N752 million with a period of 40 weeks (ten months) to complete. [AA Construction]
Angola: Government to Asphalt 4,000 Kilometres of Road This Year - The Angolan government wishes to asphalt 4,000 kilometres of road by the year's end, with the aim of establishing road linkage between provincial capitals and connect Angola to main production centres of the African continent, Wednesday here informed the speaker of the National Assembly (Parliament), Roberto de Almeida. [AA Construction]
Property industry urged to study green-building ratings system - The South African Property Owners' Association (Sapoa) on Wednesday urged all stakeholders in the local property industry to interrogate and comment on a new soon-to-be-released green building rating system.
Pretoria – The Pretoria High Court has ruled that South African citizens of Chinese descent should qualify for full benefits in terms of the country’s Employment Equity and Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment legislations.
Cape Town - The World Bank has introduced a new financial instrument to offer poor, agriculture-dependent developing countries a form of risk-management in the event that they are stricken by drought.
This financial instrument is part of a plan being introduced by the World Bank to use the weather derivatives market to reduce the impact of drought on the world's poorest nations if they are hit severely, the Bank said.
Pretoria - As part of government's efforts to promote greater community participation to accelerate housing development, the Department of Housing has partnered with celebrities and will participate in a house "build" project.
Scheduled to start at Hammanskraal West Extension one known as Kanana on Friday until Saturday, the project aims to build about 1000 houses in the area.
South Africa: Partnership to Help Shack Dwellers - Informal settlement residents who want to improve their homes but don't qualify for bank loans could benefit from a new partnership between a non-profit organisation and a micro-finance institute. [AA Urbanisation]
