Cabinet has approved has approved a five-year road infrastructure strategy

The Eastern Cape government would have invested R963 million in the province's two industrial development zones (IDZs) by the end of the 2003/04 fiscal.

New rail strategy in Eastern Cape to bring heavy haulers on track, and link up with the port and planned industrial zone in East London

A final decision by French aluminium group Pechiney on whether it will build a R20bn smelter plant within the Coega industrial development zone (IDZ) in Eastern Cape is expected before November this year.

PURSUING its growth plan which is designed to add some 20% annually to its asset base and turnover, Spearhead Property Holdings, the JSE-listed property loan stock company, has formed a joint venture with the Lukhanyo group, one of the fastest growing black empowerment companies in South Africa.

The deals concluded by property unit trust Martprop in the past few months, combined with improved industrial sector prospects could restore the group's fortunes.

Major metro economic development projects are on target and progressing according to plan, says Metro economic development, tourism and agriculture portfolio councillor Mike Kwenaite.

Simola Golf Estate in Knysna, Eastern Cape, is set to go under the hammer on August 23 following the failure of an attempt to sell the estate through public tender

The Namibian government and the city of Windhoek are under fire after the disclosure that no environmental assessment was done for the multimillion-rand Ramatex textile factory that was snatched from under the nose of SA. 

Walking the tightrope between financial and social returns