May 2002
Features
Advertorial : Opening minds to alternative building solutions
BPB Gypsum, manufacturer of Rhinowall drywalling systems, has been in South Africa for over 70 years. It is part of the world's largest gypsum group and the leader of plasterboard manufacture in South Africa
Advertorial : Daring to discover DONN
Plumbing : Kwikot: affordable hot water to all
Plumbing: Dynamite comes in small packages
Energy Efficiency: Community empowerment through non-grid concession
Energy Efficiency: Aiming to deliver basic electricity services to non-grid rural homes
Sparrow Ministries: AIDS war calls for unconventional methods
A heartwarming story of how Sparrow Ministries came to build the first HIV/AIDS village in South Africa and why it opted for 'dome-houses' dotting the landscape like igloos
News
NuWay donates trees to Klipfontein View
Habitat news : Sherwood - 100 houses in five days..
Habitat news : Durban ready for HFH 'blitz build'
Habitat news : JCWP - working to alleviate the curse of homelessness
Provincial Focus
KZN : Phezu Kmkhono! It is time to house ourselves
An urgent plea by the MEC for Housing in KwaZulu-Natal, Mr Dumisane Makhaya, highlighted during his budget speech that was tabled before KZN Legislature on March 26
KZN : Ethekwini Metro meets housing challenge head-on
Since 1994 more than 120 000 housing subsidies to the value of R1 808-billion were approved in over 180 different projects undertaken in the eThekwini Metro Area. Of the 120 000 subsidies approved, about 50 000 units have already been built?
KZN : Creating a 'city within a city'
KZN : Reality check - shelter and HIV/AIDS
