Forthcoming industry event information and revue of recently held events

Nedbank Corporate Property Finance: Affordable Housing has announced the funding of and its equity stake in an affordable housing development worth in excess of R2-billion, to be built in Diepsloot, near Fourways. The 237 ha mixed-use development, known as Tanganani, will consist of housing units catering for the poorest of the poor, the lower end GAP market, as well as the traditional credit linked affordable housing. Depending on the final densities being approved the property has the capacity to yield in the region of 12 000 housing units.

On target at the halfway stage, the municipality's asbestos cement water pipe replacement programme will save eThekwini rate payers more than R248-million in water loss annually. Due for completion in July 2010, the R850-million project is a South African first and encompasses replacing 2 800 km of up-dipped 100 mm and 150 mm asbestos cement secondary water mains from Tongaat to Umkomaas and Cato Ridge in the west.

Over the years property developers of multi-plot estates have time and again found themselbes up against buyers who default on their obligation to build within a specified time - and this can result in the development looking like an untidy work-in-progress building site for years on end. The only solution open to developers is to go to court and force the buyer to start work or forfeit his plot.

The Home Inspection Training Academy (THITA) recently announced that it will be offering a Home Inspection Course, as endorsed by the South African Society of Home Inspectors (SASHI), developed over the past five years in conjunction with various professionals in the field.

Precast concrete in the guise of concrete masonry blocks, hollow-core floor slabs, concrete roof tiles and concrete paving blocks, were used in the construction of three buildings at The MaAfrika Tikkun Child and Youth Community Centre

Industry news and views from Southern Africa

Various construction products and services are highlighted for revue

News briefs concerning the housing and construction industries from within the Southern Africa region

Current and proposed upmarket developments within Southern Africa are discussed