- US chicken finds receptive market in SA Imports of American chicken, which resumed recently after nearly 17 years, are being well received by the market, local importers report.
- Better supply chains will help turn SA business around As South Africa slips into recession following two consecutive quarters of negative growth, supply chain experts met in Cape Town at the SAPICS event to share ways of keeping business competitive in a volatile but tech-enhanced world.
- State-of-the-art solar plants at shopping malls South Africa’s leading shopping centre developer, Flanagan & Gerard Property Development & Investment, has invested more than R16 million to install state-of-the-art solar plants at its malls in an effort to save energy and significantly reduce its carbon footprint. So far, over 3MVA of solar energy generation capacity has been installed at three of their...
- South Africans show the love for shallots Did you know that some of the world’s best shallots are homegrown in South Africa?
- Omron's innovation conference Omron hosted its Innovation Conference on 24 August at the CSIR International Convention Centre in Tshwane, Gauteng. This was to introduce a newly developed platform which alleviates manufacturers’ pressures by focussing on three principles.
- Anti-malaria drug wins 2016 Innovation Prize for Africa During a glittering ceremony for the Innovation Prize for Africa awards, the landmark programme of the African Innovation Foundation’s (AIF) innovative health care solutions took pole position. This is thanks to its offering of ground-breaking responses to address Africa’s prevailing malaria and HIV/Aids burdens.
- Cipla Maroc inaugurates inhaler production plant in Morocco Cipla Maroc, a subsidiary of Cipla Ltd, announced on 15 October the official opening of its manufacturing plant for metered-dose inhalers in Ain Aouda in the Rabat region of Morocco.
- HPA welcomes first women chairperson The Health Products Association (HPA) is proud to announce the election of Maria Ascencao as its new chairperson. An executive member of the HPA since 1996, Ascencao is the first woman at helm since the Association’s inception in 1976.
- Emerging agro-processors to appear at fdt Africa South African agro-processing, development finance and export development organisation Food South Africa has aligned with the upcoming food & drink technology Africa trade show to showcase top agro-processing entrepreneurs.
- Equities: Hitting a Chinese wall A last-ditch volte-face agreement by Greece to EU austerity measures and disappointing Chinese manufacturing data, coupled with economic contraction from Russia, Brazil and South Africa, provided multiple risk-off triggers for market participants this quarter. The People’s Bank of China also fired the currency war bazooka, which led to a rout in both emerging market and...

Leading Architecture & Design February/March 2021

We really felt we needed some architectural inspiration on the cover of this issue. And we found it. The 86-metre glass-clad office tower in Cape Town’s growing financial and hospitality precinct, dubbed 35 Lower Long and designed by dhk Architects, looks like an icon of a new era. It seems to say that there is something to look forward to. Somehow towers, for all their associations with hubris, still seem to communicate something optimistic.

Sections

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The Brief
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VIB Cape Town
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35 Lower Long
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Oggie Showroom
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Commerce Crescent
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Superspar Polofields
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Walling, Cladding & Facades
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Flooring
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Bathrooms
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Energy Management
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