Long battle between Cape Town, SABC 'close to an end'
THE SABC may have to pay the City of Cape Town about R1 million to rehabilitate the derelict Rocklands Villas building in Sea Point if it ignores a High Court order for them to be cleaned up.
[Read More]Posted at 10:10AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Market | Comments[1]
Fine, demolition for illegal St Lucia building
A Pretoria civil servant has been fined R15,000 and ordered to demolish a house he built illegally in the St Lucia Wetland Park, in Zululand.
[Read More]Posted at 10:07AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Residential |
Final bid to halt Durban's Point development
DURBAN residents have mounted a last-ditch legal battle to scupper a multibillion-rand plan to build a luxury hotel, shops, offices and yachting marina at the mouth of Durban harbour.
[Read More]Posted at 10:03AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Market | Comments[4]
Public sector's outflow of engineers hinders development
The lack of technical management capacity, particularly in municipal and provincial government, was likely to be the single biggest stumbling block to sustainable development and growth in South Africa, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) warned yesterday.
[Read More]Posted at 10:01AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Industry | Comments[1]
Cape Town's signage by-law reigns in hazardous sign
The City of Cape Town has been granted an urgent interim court interdict in a case against Tractor Outdoor for an illegal sign on a building at 31 Heerengracht.
[Read More]Posted at 09:55AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Commercial |
Rates relief in sight for Durban property owners
Thousands of KZN homeowners who say they have been paying too much in municipal rates will soon be able to take their cases to a valuations appeals board.
[Read More]Posted at 09:53AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Residential |
Auctions: The Next Decade
The South African auction industry will grow, strengthen and consolidate over the next decade, said Auction Alliance's Rael Levitt at a presentation given to the South African Institute of Auctioneer's annual AGM in Muldersdrift, Gauteng.
[Read More]Posted at 12:00AM Feb 05, 2010 by Editor in Auctions |