Housing in Southern Africa May 2015

Infrastructure & Mixed Use

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throughout Africa, corruption needs to be dealt with country by country and democratic governance must be encouraged, opportunities lie in the continent’s young, well-informed and rapidly more urbanised people. Enhanced electrification is also open- ing up opportunity and scope. “This continent is redefining itself through its real estate,” Yach said. “Standardised valuation practices around Africa will increase transpar- ency,” said Amelia Beattie, CIO of Stanlib and President of the South Africa Property Owners Association, adding that she had seen interest in South Africa and Africa increasing ‘significantly’ over the past two to three years. The capital is out there. Our biggest challenge is to find investable opportunities to put the money in. “The international market is looking for amuchmore significant investment base. We should learn as an industry to work together and to bring these opportunities to the world.” In response, RICS CEO Sean Tomp- kins confirmed that “RICS is a natural collaborator to make this happen”. For further information, contact TC Chetty, RICS Country Manager for South Africa on 031 764 4645. ■

Maclear sanitation upgrade The Maclear Bulk Sanitation Upgrade in the Joe Gqabi District Municipality in the Eastern Cape will improve and upgrade the town’s bulk sewerage.

T he upgrade will now comply with the Department of Water Affairs (DWA) Green Drop stan- dards for the discharge of quality effluent and prevent pollution into the nearby Mooi River. “The upgrade will meet existing and projected demand and eliminate bucket sanitation,” says Victor de Wet from consulting engineers, Gibb. The company was appointed to oversee Phase 1 and 2 of the Maclear Wastewater Treatment, which involves the collector sewer from Greenfields (Phase 1) and the first phase of the construction of the MaclearWastewater TreatmentWorks (WWTW). Phase 3 will commence in June 2015. This includes the construction of the main sewerage pump station and the rehabilitation of the old sewerage ponds.

“We applied all the latest design and system technologies at Maclear, taking cognisance of the availability of equipment, expertise and services available from suppliers. GIBB pro- vided operational and maintenance guidance and the setting up of the process as well as the training of operators for the Maclear WWTWand plant operators in the surrounding area,” said de Wet. Phase 3 comprises completing and extending the capacity of the exist- ing 700 kℓ/day to its full capacity of 1400 kℓ/day. This involves construc- tion of a second reactor and second- ary settling tank, a chlorine contact tank and related mechanical and electrical work. The new Maclear Town bulk sew- erage pump station will receive the town’s wastewater together with the upgraded Fourie Street reticulation. ■

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