abb the global power and automation company announced that it has won contracts worth us$ 44 million from nigerias stateowned national electric power authority nepa for two transmission and distribution projects to upgrade the countrys electrical supply infrastructure this work is critical to the continued
CORRUPTION Watch the recently established civil society watchdog is considering ways to cast an anticorruption spotlight on South Africa’s R850billion infrastructure programme which is being led primarily by stateowned companiesExecutive director David Lewis says the programme which government aims to
Johannesburg Britains Aggreko and its local jointventure partner Shanduka Group will supply 107 megawatts of gasfired power to Mozambique and South Africa the company said on Wednesday helping to plug electricity shortages in the region Countries in southern Africa have been struggling to meet fastrising
house prices to slump till 2010johannesburg investors should forget about real afterinflation returns on residential property for at least the next two years warns an absa economist jacques du toit absa home loans senior property analyst says in his latest quarterly housing review released on monday
die uitwerking van die finansiële krisis gaan nog jare lank gevoel word en dit is onwaarskynlik dat jan en alleman die werklike implikasies daarvan begrypeen van die implikasies vir die burgers van alle lande is dat die regerings weens hul groot skuldlaste nie meer so rojaal soos in die verlede sal kan
johannesburg south africas staterun power utility eskom plans to start operating wind turbines this year to boost the supply of electricity a company spokesperson said on mondaywe are looking at building 50 wind turbines with two megawatts each before the end of this year across the country fani zulu
a capacity crowd on tuesday evening voiced concerns including litigation about a proposed green point stadium catering for cape towns 2010 soccer world cup ambitionsthe entire process will be subjected to a long and drawnout process in the courts and no sod will be turned said david polovin a member
kebbles dealt a blow by ruling on stilfonteinthe johannesburg high court dismissed yesterday an application to liquidate the stilfontein mine in what could be a blow to the kebble mining family ahead of a contemptofcourt application against them today this was the latest twist in potentially one of the
johannesburg alison bhengu and goodman mthethwa are directors of a company that received a r1m tender from the ethekwini metro council that makes them millionaires at least on paper the reality is different according to a forensic audit done by gobodo into the practice of black economic empowerment firms
the city of cape town says it would need r10billion every year for the next five years in order to provide formal housing for all people living in backyards or in informal settlements around the cityshehaam sims mayoral committee member for housing said the council had set aside r663million for this