Construction under way at Saldanha Bay IDZ Construction is well under way at Saldanha Bay’s industrial development zone (IDZ), which is set to position the Western Cape as a rig repair hub. Western Cape minister of economic opportunities Alan Winde says enabling oil and gas servicing at Saldanha is central to Project Khulisa’s drive […]
Cash injection for Durban housing project The eThekwini Municipality has given a R101-million cash injection for the completion of the first phase of the Cornubia housing project. City manager Sibusiso Sithole said funding to complete the Cornubia Integrated Human Settlement Development needed to be approved so that people could be relocated from transit camps […]
Eastern Cape housing backlog addressed Nelson Mandela Bay’s housing backlog of 87 000 units is set to be relieved by the R20-billion Coega Ridge mixed-use residential development. Situated adjacent to the Coega IDZ outside Port Elizabeth, the development is on track to break ground in 2018. Aurecon, the civil engineers for the project, recently announced […]
Vaal River City project to begin soon The development of the multibillion-rand Vaal River City megacity project will begin at the end of this year and will create new economic and industrial activity. Gauteng Premier David Makhura says the development will be a catalyst for further investment and economic development in the area and […]
Work begins on new MyCiTi routes Work has begun on the second phase of the City of Cape Town MyCiTi project, which includes a R4-billion investment in a corridor from Lansdowne to Wetton. Services on the network, which will serve more than 1,4-million commuters, are planned to start running in 2020. The city has already […]
New agro-processing multi-user facility The Coega Development Corporation (CDC) recently announced plans to develop an R86-million agro-processing multi-user facility. The 7800 m² facility will be located in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) in Nelson Mandela Bay, and will comprise smaller units ranging between 350 and 1500 m². The aim is that this development […]
Three new cities for Gauteng Gauteng premier David Makhura says the West Rand and Sedibeng could soon become the locations for South Africa’s first post-Apartheid cities. He expects the development to be announced during the 2015 State of the Province address. The gigantic projects will be completed over five years and the Gauteng Human Settlement […]
Mega-Midrand construction projects A massive new development is planned for a 22 km2 site near Midrand. The Hong Kong-listed property development group, Shanghai Zendai, says it will spend R84-billion on Zendai Modderfontein and employ some 200 000 contractors and labourers during construction, which should last about ten years. The master plan includes the development […]
Installation services needed for Touwsriver France-based Soitec has commissioned its 22 MWp concentrating photovoltaic plant in Touwsrivier, South Africa. The company expects to finish the entire 44 MW plant in the near future. Currently, the company has installed about 60% of the power plant, using local contractors for many of the services surrounding the […]
Engineering group has healthy order book At its meeting to report interim results for the half-year ended December, Group Five said it had a healthy list of orders. The group’s total secured contracting order book, which represented the construction and engineering and construction order books, stood at R14-billion. It also had R4,8-billion in secured […]
