June 2010
Housing in Southern Africa visited the site of Absa's Innovative Housing and Sustainable Energy Competition. The aim of the competition is to promote new technologies and break through the perception that if it's not a traditional brick and mortar it's unacceptable. Absa and other stakeholders are promoting energy efficient solutions, to the housing backlog, by using new technologies that can offer quicker delivery and promote sustainability. The Women at Wiphold are set to manufacturer cement in Limpopo and the new R1,65 billion plant will provide jobs in one of the poorest provinces. South Africa's beloved former President and international statesman, Nelson Mandela, was captured by the apartheid government 47 years ago, near Lions River on the R103. The site is to get a facelift and a cultural village will be built near the site.
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The tribe has spoken The tribe has spoken in the Absa International Innovative Housing and Sustainable Energy Competition in Wellington. The Drakenstein Municipality allocated 33 sites for low-cost subsidy and Gap market housing. The community voted on the new technologies and designs. APC proved the most popular, scooping first place in the low cost housing category. Cementing relationships Limpopo is to benefit from a deal between the Womens Investment Portfolio Holdings (WIPHOLD) in a joint venture with the China-Africa Development Fund (CADFund) and China's leading cement group, Jidong, who will invest R1,65 billion in a cement manufacturing plant with Conticem in Limpopo. CSIR’s sustainable low-income housing CSIR Build Environment hopes to solve the country's housing problems by promoting energy efficient sustainable dwellings by using advanced construction technologies. Tenders omit SABS standards The Concrete Manufacturer Association is concerned that by excluding SABS standards in tender documents by local and national government bodies for precast concrete products this poses a serious threat to construction standards. I H S to spend R1,3bn – developers wanted International Housing Solutions (I H S) is on an aggressive acquisition trail and looking for developers with credentials who can deliver projects of scale. The sky’s the limit for AfriSam’s ‘green’ cement The cement is a blend of high performance cement and mineral components. The overall carbon footprint of this cement is almost half that of the world average. Inner city CPR Urban designer, Ryan Gravel, advocates transport choices that encourage growth, investment and design an inner city that is where people want to live.
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