Housing in Southern Africa March 2015

H O U S I N G in Southern Africa CONTENTS

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Ed’s Notes New Transport Nodes Accelerates Housing Delivery Cutting Off Electricity – Illegal City of Tshwane’s Upcoming Auction Mining Towns get R2,1bn R744m Unauthorised Spending

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City on Brink of Bankruptcy Rainbow Neighbourhood

HOUSING

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Inkanyezi – in KZN’s Sugar Belt Restricting Foreign Land Ownership Gauteng's Housing Roll out Savanna City – R28bn Greenfields Mega Project Urbanisation in Africa Transfer Duty Taxes Investors Opt for Student Accommodation ENERGY EFFICIENCY, GREEN BUILDING & IBTs PV – for Residential and Commercial The Country’s Energy Options CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT & TRANSPORT Chicago Pneumatic Launches Portable Generators CEMENT & CONCRETE SARMA Warns of Over-Priced Training Concrete Strives for Carbon Neutral Status Waterproof Plaster Elematic Doubles its Capacity Central Developments Opt for Echo Slabs INFRASTRUCTURE & MIXED USE Reducing the Risk INDUSTRY BUZZ, EVENTS & PRODUCTS Geared for Growth Self-Levelling Joint Sealer SAPPMA Calls for Industry Participation SAPITI’s New Manager Sustainability – Africa’s Top Power Agenda 15 14 18 13 16 23 22 31 35 20 26 32 36 22 28 33 30 34

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March 2015