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CoJ In The Driving Seat
South Africa’s youth unemployment rate currently stands at an astonishing 29.7% of the 10.3 million young people in South Africa. At just under 30%, this is certainly unacceptable for the country’s economic development.
Collaboration In Africa’s Property Sector
In times of unprecedented change, collaboration between professionals offers the best prospect of economic certainty.
Financial Education – Returns Rewards For Business
Karen Small, acting head at ACCA SA, discusses the Global Financial Development Report and SME’s.
Here Comes The Sun
Botswana is planning a large-scale solar power station, which, when complete, will provide a significant energy boost to Southern Africa.
Issues Relating To University Planning And Design
While this article is inspired by the work of the association of Louw and Dewar on four major educational institutions in South Africa, it is part of a series which intends to generate broader discussion on the topic.
Green Designs
Sustainability and the green agenda continue to inform the architecture and design of new developments, says Hugh Fraser.
Using Technology To Overcome Infrastructure Challenges
South Africa’s mobile operators are leveraging technologies to deliver improved health and education facilities to rural areas.
A Volatile Year
The curtain came down on a very volatile year on all fronts.
EPA On Exhibit
A review of the 29th Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture Exhibition.
Construction Sector Outperforms The Economy – ACI
The construction sector at large continues to outperform the economy as a whole by a considerable margin.
Open Letter To Students Of Colour
I am writing to you, from a place of empathy, because of a deep concern for you and the future of our discipline.
Of Land And Legacy
Remembering the late Professor Emeritus Gilbert Herbert, an architect whose award-winning creative and academic output spanned decades and continents.
Dreaming Big
A review of an authoritative book on the 27th Sophia Gray Memorial Lecture, and a call for a fuller record of the occasion and its surrounding events.
Inspired Leadership In Architecture
To achieve any architectural form requires leadership.
The Revolutionary Cloud-Based Access Control Solution
A smarter way to control your business access.
Rock Cool
At the Beaufort West Hillside Clinic, smart use of strategically placed rock stores reduce the pressure on the building’s heating and cooling system.
The Architect – An Endangered Species?
The professional architect, in South Africa today, is facing the most trying times since at least the advent of democracy in 1994.
Remembering Gerald Gordon
A tribute to a veteran architect whose creativity and desire to solve housing problems made major contributions to the theory and practice of architecture.
A ‘Visionary’ Joint Venture
A local black investment company and a renowned Dutch LED streetlight manufacturer bring revolutionary LED lighting technology to our shores.
Monuments Of Transformation
The world is challenged by whether people of different races, customs, religions and philosophical traditions should live together as the citizens of the same nation.
