South Africa braces for more strike action
More than 220 000 National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) members would embark on indefinite industrial action in […]
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Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport expansion project starts
The Ghana Airport Company Limited (GACL) has commenced work on terminal two arrival hall expansion project at the Kotoka International […]
Senegal balancing development and environmental protection
While the cement factories in Senegal are at war, ostensibly over the environmental impact one company will have on this […]
Canada relaunches JHB trade office
As part of a renewed strategy to intensify trade relations with the continent and further strengthen its export-led economy, Canada […]
China invited to take stakes in UK infrastructure projects
The UK government has opened the way for massive Chinese investment in major infrastructure projects after signing a series of […]
SA mine strike prevents GDP growing 1.6%
South Africa’s economy would have grown 1.6% in the first quarter of this year if the direct and indirect effects […]
Fleets pay with tolls 30% up, fuel prices 73% higher
A company with a 3 000-strong fleet of vehicles, based mainly in Gauteng, this year paid between R400 000 and […]
Pan African engineering body needed
The Federation of African Engineering Organisations (FAEO) is seeking to create an African Council of Engineering under the auspices of […]
Central African bloc to grow by up to 5.5%
Economic growth in the six-nation Central African CEMAC bloc is set to double to between 5 and 5.5% this year […]
Africa’s risk a perception
A high perception of risk is one of the major challenges for infrastructure investment in African countries, and much focus […]
Growth, not cheap labour, puts Asia ahead of SA, Latin America
The economic success of Asian countries is not due to cheap labour. “It’s not just low wages,” Cambridge University economics […]
Africa’s average economic growth 4.8% in 2014
Growth in African economies is set to accelerate to 4.8% on average this year while financial flows into the continent […]
Thuli Madonsela’s message to engineers
Thuli Madonsela, Public Protector of South Africa is making headlines across the world following her revelations of South Africa’s President […]
What does Nigeria’s new GDP mean?
Much has been said about the recent news that Nigeria has overtaken South Africa as Africa’s largest economy. With a […]
SA construction industry remains under pressure
South Africa’s construction industry is not out of the woods yet, despite data pointing to an upward trend. Construction confidence […]
Prognosis for world economic recovery ‘dismal’
Columbia University’s Professor Joseph Stiglitz provided a sobering picture of the state of the world economy during a presentation at […]
Outlook for construction sector ‘may be improving’
There was an 8.8% year-on-year (y/y) rise in cement sales volume in the third quarter of last year along with […]
Power, steel, cement suggest China’s economy not so buoyant
The big debate about how fast China’s economy will grow this year can find some answers in the real world, […]
Sustaining consulting engineering key to growing economy
Consulting Engineers South Africa says unintended consequences of competitive bidding for consulting engineering services are fewer innovation and training opportunities […]
Wits appeals for intensified construction industry, academia alliance
Fundamental to the evolution and development of South Africa’s engineering and construction industry is the ability of the industry and […]
