South Africa: Blompark Project On Track

[SAnews.gov.za] With 150 houses already delivered since the first sod-turning ceremony in September 2021, residents of Blompark in Gansbaai, Western Cape can look forward to an additional 100 brand new homes being completed before the end of March 2023.
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Nigeria: Abuja Building Collapse – Death Toll Rises As More People Are Rescued

[Premium Times] Residents and passersby gathered as night fell on Thursday as they joined a team of emergency and aid workers who searched through the rubble looking for survivors.
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South Africa: Minister Patricia De Lille On Process to Build Additional Power Lines

[Govt of SA] Minister of the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure engaged in expropriation process for servitudes to allow Eskom to build additional power lines
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Nigeria: One Dead, Many Rescued As Building Collapses in Abuja

[Premium Times] Many people are still trapped in the structure that collapsed at Gwarinpa's 7th Avenue in Abuja.
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Nigeria: 2 Dead, Scores Trapped As Commercial Complex Collapses in Abuja

[This Day] Abuja -- Two persons were feared dead while over 50 people were trapped when a two-storey commercial complex under construction, collapsed Thursday in Gwarinpa District of the FCT.
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Africa: Taking a Toll – Lessons from Nairobi’s Expressway

[allAfrica] A trip to Kenya's capital Nairobi is often associated with unproductive time spent in the city's tortuous traffic. It is to be expected in a city with over 5 million inhabitants, with a rapidly growing population expected to reach 7 million by 2030.
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Nigeria: The Lekki Deep Sea Port

[This Day] The port has immense potential for the economy
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South Africa: Major Development Planned for Cape Town’s Derelict Strandfontein Pavilion

[GroundUp] About 1,200 residential units, including subsidised housing, as well as retail and recreational facilities are proposed
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Rwanda: Construction of Kigali’s Central Sewerage System to Start March

[New Times] The plan to construct Kigali's centralised sewage system is slated for March this year, The New Times has learnt.
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Nigeria: Nigerian Journalist Saviour Imukudo Receives Death Threats Over Construction Project Reporting

[CPJ] On January 5, 2023, Saviour Imukudo, a regional reporter with the privately owned news website Premium Times, received death threats over the phone from the supervisor of an allegedly poorly executed government-commissioned construction project in Nigeria's southern Akwa Ibom State, according to Imukudo, who spoke with CPJ by phone, and a report he wrote for the Premium Times.
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