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November 18
Tanzania: Emergency Crews Continue Rescue Ops in Deadly Dar es Salaam Building Collapse
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September 10
South Africa: State Fights to Keep Extortion Suspects Behind Bars - South African News Briefs - September 10, 2024
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September 02
South Africa: Gauteng Health Department Alarmed by Rising Food Poisoning Cases - South African News Briefs - September 02, 2024
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August 29
South Africa: Govt To Take Action Against Corrupt Construction Mafias - South African News Briefs - August 29, 2024
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June 20
South Africa: National Arts Festival Soars into 50th Year - South African News Briefs - June 20, 2024
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May 17
South Africa: Deadly George Building Collapse - Rescue Operation Ends
The George building rescue operation is concluded, Western Cape officials announced today. Read more »
May 16
South Africa: Rescue Efforts Enter Day 10 After Deadly Building Collapse in George
The rescue and recovery operation continues since the tragic building collapse incident at 75 Victoria Street in George, Western Cape. According to George Municipality, rescue… Read more »
May 15
South Africa: Engineer Overseeing Collapsed George Building Faced Disciplinary Probe
Atholl Mitchell, the consulting engineer responsible for overseeing the construction of the apartment block in George that collapsed last week, was under investigation by the… Read more »
South Africa: Ramaphosa to Sign Controversial NHI Bill Amid Election Backlash - South African News Briefs - May 15, 2024
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May 13
South Africa: Building Collapse Day 8 - Officials Ask Families of Missing, Dead to Come Forward
Municipality officials in George are experiencing difficulty in obtaining the accurate names of people missing or deceased due to the building collapse in the town which killed 27… Read more »
May 07
South Africa: Building Collapse Leaves Five Dead, Scores Trapped
A multi-storey building under construction in George, South Africa, collapsed, leaving at least five people dead and trapping around 50 others. Read more »
March 15
South Africa: Gauteng Hospitals Haemorrhage Millions in Negligence Claims - South African News Briefs - March 15, 2024
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November 20, 2023
South Africa: Fixing School Infrastructure Vital to Stop Learning Crisis - Equal Education Report
November 29 marks the 10th anniversary of Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga signing the Norms and Standards for Public School Infrastructure into law. And despite this… Read more »
September 29, 2023
South Africa: Durban to Spend R28 Million to Demolish 'Disastrous' Building - South African News Briefs - September 29, 2023
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March 10, 2023
South Africa: Growing Concern Over 'Construction Mafia' in Cape Town - South African News Briefs - March 10, 2023
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February 02, 2023
Africa: Taking a Toll - Lessons from Nairobi's Expressway
A trip to Kenya's capital Nairobi is often associated with unproductive time spent in the city's tortuous traffic. It is to be expected in a city with over 5 million inhabitants,… Read more »
November 09, 2022
South Africa: Govt Makes Contingency Plans Against Public Service Strike - South African News Briefs - November 9, 2022
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August 30, 2022
South Africa: Ramaphosa Faces Grilling at Parliament - South African News Briefs - August 30, 2022
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March 16, 2022
Africa: Burkina Faso Architect Francis Kere Becomes First African to Win Pritzker Prize
Burkina Faso-born architect Diebedo Francis Kere has become the first African to win the Pritzker Prize, architecture's most prestigious honour, in its more than 40-year history. Read more »
December 11, 2021
South Sudan: U.S. Treasury Issues Sanctions on South Sudan Construction Company
Excerpts from a press release issued by the U.S. Department of the Treasury: Read more »
November 23, 2021
Nigeria: A Public Health Approach to Ending Building Collapses in Nigeria
Since 2007, 145 buildings have collapsed in Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous state and so-called centre of excellence. Recently, a nother building under construction in… Read more »
November 23, 2018
Africa: 'Voluntary Colonialism'? No Thanks.
As if the scramble for Africa wasn't bad enough, Germany's personal representative of Angela Merkel for Africa, Günther Nooke, says Europe deserves a second chance to screw… Read more »
July 13, 2017
Africa: Expanded Engagement for Caterpillar - Boosting Sales & Alleviating Poverty
A strong signal of growing business engagement with Africa by large U.S. corporations was the announcement last September by Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman of plans to invest over… Read more »
March 02, 2017
South Africa: Johannesburg Hospital Roof Collapses
The roof at the entrance of Charlotte Maxeke Hospital in Johannesburg collapsed, according to several media reports. Read more »
October 17, 2016
Africa: Bechtel Offering 'Fast Track' Solutions for Large-Scale Projects Across the Continent
As an indication of rising interest in Africa by the U.S. engineering and construction giant Bechtel, the company's president for Africa is relocating from London to Nairobi.… Read more »
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