South Africa: Delving Into Cape Town’s Art Deco Heritage

[UCT] On Thursday, 14 January, Summer School attendees were treated to an insightful lecture on Cape Town's Art Deco heritage, presented by Dr André van Graan - a heritage architect and the former head of architectural technology and interior design at the Cape Peninsula University of Technology.
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Zimbabwe: Dete Dagga Homes Face Destruction Under Heavy Rainfall

[New Zimbabwe] Dete -- Hundreds of residents in Dete's Old Township in Hwange district are living in fear as their pole and dagga homes are collapsing due to excessive rains that have been pounding the area.
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Nigeria: Govt Attributes Rising Cement Price to Production Challenges

[This Day] The federal government yesterday lamented the rising price of cement in the country.
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Rwanda: King Faisal Hospital Upgrade to Be Completed in February

[New Times] The works to upgrade the infrastructure of King Faisal Hospital are nearing completion and the contractor is expected to hand over the project by next month, February 2021.
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South Africa: Families Affected By Dam Construction Are Unhappy With State’s Compensation

[GroundUp] Villagers who were displaced by the construction of the Nandoni Dam had been waiting 22 years to be compensated. Some of them finally received their offers from the Department of Water and Sanitation but say the offers are too low to cover what they lost. Archive photo: Bernard Chiguvare
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Nigeria: Nistructe – Coren’s Delay of Enabling Guidelines Fosters Building Collapse

[This Day] The Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers, NIStructE has stated that the delay by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in responding to its draft guidelines to regulate the practice of Structural Engineering in the country fosters building collapse.
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Ethiopia: Cemented Fate

[Addis Fortune] Bags of cement are stacked up high in Megenagna, one of the more famous retailing areas in Addis Abeba. But the closed warehouses in the photo betray the turbulence of a market where production is low, prices escalating, and the authorities are at a loss on how to address the challenge.
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Zimbabwe: No Plans to Urbanise Seke Rural As Illegal Structures Mushroom – Council

[New Zimbabwe] The Manyame Rural District Council has warned desperate home seekers not to buy land in Seke Rural amid reports that the local authority would soon be granted government permission to urbanise the area.
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Rwanda: Construction of U.S.$10 Million Gorilla Conservation Centre Nears Completion

[New Times] The construction of the Ellen DeGeneres campus which is close to Rwanda's Volcanoes National Park in Kinigi sector of Musanze district is at 50 percent.
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Kenya: State Releases Funds to Rebuild Schools Destroyed By Floods

[Nation] The government has disbursed funds for the re-construction of schools destroyed by floods in Baringo, Kisumu, Elgeyo Marakwet and West Pokot counties.
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