September 2004
Education & Training
CETA and plumbing industry join ranks.
6 Million homeowners left out of property market.
Gender equity in construction: Myth or Reality.
50-Unit Mossel Bay apartment complex.
Features
Energy
Save electricity, save money. Practical ways to save electricity.
Protection against lightning and power surges.
New concept for distribution boards.
Safe, aesthetic isolating switches.
Wiring certificate shock.
Energy
Nifty emergency light backs up as torch.
Finance & Property
Whey focus on secondary markets? The single most powerful instrument of collateralised credit is owner-occupied property. The inability of township households to access credit is an important disempowering consequence of township markets that don't work.
Medium-cost housing
Property booms in Vredefort and Potch
""The Lofts"" in Blaauwberg offers value for money.
News
Minister Sisulu unveils ground breaking new housing plan
On 1 September 2004 Cabinet approved Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu's grund breaking new Housing Plan for the delivery of homes and the development of human settlements over the next five years.
Designers challenged to build a safer paraffin stove
Every day about twenty million South Africans are forced to cook on dangerous, sub-standard paraffin stoves. Although most of them are aware of the risks, they have no choice because they cannot afford safer appliances.
Quality, products and health & safety
Concrete durability specs - a warning.
New concrete rooftile standard.
Concrete DIY leaflets now on the Web.
Work platforms to replace scaffolding!
