South Africa: Business Is Booming for Shack Builders in Dunoon

[GroundUp] Councillor says illegal occupations are jeopardising housing plans for the area
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Tanzania: There’s No Cement Shortage – Minister

[Daily News] THE government has dismissed reports of a shortage of cement in the local market, assuring that current production of the product was quite good.
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South Africa: Violent Housing Protests Erupt Because of Government’s Broken Promises

[GroundUp] Demolished RDP houses were supposed to be rebuilt immediately. Seven months later there's no progress
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Mauritius: Richelieu Open Prison – Fencing Works to Be Completed By June 2021

[Government of Mauritius] Fencing works carried out by prison labour at Richelieu Open Prison, which is presently enclosed by a two-metre high chain link fencing, started on 02 December 2019, but stopped during the lockdown due to the Covid-19. The works eventually resumed on 01 June 2020. As at date, out of 501.8 m of security fence, 82.5 m have already been erected and works are expected to be completed by June 2021.
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Rwanda: Education Ministry – Construction of 22,000 Classrooms Is Near Completion

[New Times] The Ministry of Education through Rwanda Education Board (REB) on Tuesday, August 11, announced that the ongoing countrywide classroom construction programme is at an advanced level.
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Ghana: President Akufo-Addo Cuts Sod for New 400-Bed Maternity Block – 101-Bed Urology Centre At Korle-Bu

[Ghana Presidency] The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, on Tuesday, 11th August 2020, cut the sod for the construction and equipping of a twelve (12) storey four hundred (400) bed Maternity and Gynaecological Centre, and a two (2) storey one hundred and one (101) bed Urology and Nephrology Centre at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
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Kenya: Homa Bay Stadium Taking Shape

[Nation] Sports enthusiasts in Homa County can now breathe a sigh of relief as the region's main sports facility Homa Bay Stadium, whose construction started six years ago, nicely takes shape.
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Eritrea: Construction of Dams in Gala-Nafhi and Serejeka

[Shabait] Asmara -- Two micro-dams in the sub-zones of Gala-Nefhi and Serejeka that were constructed in cooperation with the Government and the public have been inaugurated on 8 and 9 August.
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Sudan: Resumption of Negotiations On GERD Filling and Operations

[SNA] The Sudanese Ministry of Irrigation and Water Resources on Monday announced resumption of negotiations on the Filling and Operations of The Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD). Here-under the Sudan news agency publishes the full text of the release
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Kenya: Uthiru, Kibra, Mukuru Kwa Reuben Set for Sh210 Million Level 3 Hospitals

[Nation] President Uhuru Kenyatta Monday commissioned construction of three level 3 hospitals in Nairobi's informal settlements.
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