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Women continue to dominate the property market
Data by Lightstone Property reveals that more women are buying property than men. Over the period of January 2019 to June 2021 women have bought more properties than men across every quarter. […]
SOARING 21
The South African Council for the Architects Profession (SACAP) will be bringing together 500 South African and international architectural professionals at their annual convention – ‘SOARING 21’ – on 26 August 2021. […]
SA property company first to accept crypto for rental deposits
Affordable residential and student housing specialist, Quorum Holdings, is first in South Africa to accept rental deposits in cryptocurrency, and to allow tenants to potentially benefit from an increase in value. […]
Securing construction material supplies
Building materials such as sand, aggregates, fly ash and other components of concrete are key to the success of any construction project and should be a prime consideration for all involved in the industry including [...]
JBCC Principal Building Agreement & N/S Subcontract Agreement 6.2 (2018) (Live online Session)
Delegates can claim 2 CPD Points accredited with ECSA. […]
Fines for illegal building work
A total of 117 building and land use cases have been finalised in the City of Cape Town’s municipal courts since 1 April to 30 June 2021. These cases concern contraventions of the Municipal Planning By-law [...]
Artisanry is an elite profession
Artisanry needs to be promoted as an elite profession if South Africa is going to succeed in developing a large pool of competent skills required to complete construction projects on time and within budget. [...]
Continued progress on well-located social housing
There are approximately 2 000 social housing units already in the pipeline for the central Cape Town area. Around 2 500 social housing units are also nearing completion or about to commence construction along the [...]
