Southern Africa: Packed Schedule for President During SADC Summit

[The Herald] Wallace Ruzvidzo -- President Mnangagwa will have a packed schedule during the 44th SADC Summit in August as he is set to take his fellow Heads of State and Government on a tour of the Geo Pomona waste management operations in Harare, open the SADC Liberation Square at the Museum of African Liberation and deliver a public lecture at the University of Zimbabwe.
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Nigeria: One Dead, Two Others Rescued in Anambra Building Collapse

[Premium Times] The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Nigeria: Three Trapped As Five-Storey Building Collapses in Anambra

[Premium Times] The building, which was still under construction, collapsed at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday.
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Zimbabwe: Contractor Finishes Work On Harare Drive

[The Herald] LOCAL contractor, Asphalt Products, has finished reworking a 5km stretch of Harare Drive after the Government confirmed that the company had been told its original effort was below the acceptable quality demanded in the contract.
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Nigeria: 5-Storey Building Collapses At Anambra Anglican School

[Daily Trust] A five-storey building under construction at the Dennis Memorial Grammar School in Onitsha, Anambra State, has collapsed.
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Tanzania: East Africa Pipeline Project Paid Compensation to 99% of ‘Project Victims’

[Daily News] The East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline Project (EACOP) has completed 99 percent of compensation payments for project victims in the lake zone.
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Zimbabwe: 60 Mbudzi Interchange Beams Moved to Site

[The Herald] Sixty pre-stressed beams to be installed at Mbudzi Interchange cast by a local contractor, Fossils Contracting, in Mount Hampden are now complete and being moved to the site.
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Zimbabwe: Demand for Quarry Stones Up

[The Herald] Trust Freddy -- Ongoing construction is pushing demand for concrete stones.
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Namibia: Construction Industry Moves Ahead On Minimum Wage

[Namibia Economist] The construction industry is ahead of the minimum wage curve with the gazetting of the Collective Agreement between the Construction Industries Federation and the Metal and Allied Namibian Workers Union.
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Uganda: Chinese Firm to Upgrade Key Road in Uganda’s Mountainous Eastern Region

[Independent (Kampala)] Sironko, Uganda -- Ugandan Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja has launched the upgrade of a 39-km road in Sironko District of the mountainous Eastern Region, together with the Chinese construction firm Shandong Luqiao Group Co., Ltd.
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