Land owners may avoid penalties if forced to sell
TAXPAYERS who buy property and then sell it will face great difficulty in rebutting the inference that any profit they made was part of a profit-making scheme.
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Building contractors feel the pinch
BUILDING contractors were being driven out of business and out of SA by negative operating conditions, the building industries federation Bifsa said this week.The federation said 554 construction companies had been liquidated last year, and a large number had left the SA market to operate in neighbouring countries.
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Health, safety project for construction industry
The construction industry has injury and fatality rates second only to the mining industry in South Africa, and yet very is known about occupational health and safety in this sector says the Industrial Health Unit (IHU) project manager Jaine Roberts
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Joburg to open permanent trade centre next year
South Africa’s first international trade centre will open its doors in the Johannesburg central business district (CBD) in March next year.
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Khutsong gets multipurpose centre
GOVERNMENT has invested R16,2m on community safety in Khutsong, southwest of Johannesburg, as part of its efforts to rebuild trust in the police. The project also forms part of an ambitious public works programme to build infrastructure in previously disadvantaged communities.
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Financial adviser sought for new Kwazulu airport
The Kwazulu-Natal provincial government is in the process of selecting a financial adviser to produce a business plan for the new King Shaka International Airport (KSIA) and a trade port to be established at La Mercy.
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A model African city of the future in the making
THE occasion is being marketed as "a festival of a lifetime, celebrating Durban's melting pot of cultures, communities and spirit". The spin doctors say the aim is to promote civic pride and unity, "strengthening links with our sister cities overseas, creating a platform of cultural expression, and providing the ultimate exposure opportunities for local talent".
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First phase of fast-tracked casino completed in November
To describe the construction of the Suncoast Casino as a fast-track job is an understatement, says Nigel Holley, director at BFH Project Managers.
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Good relationship key to project success
Project managers Camane, Honu and Associates of Centurion have had a name change and will in future be known as Diagonal Projects Africa (DPA).
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State-of-the-art conference facility to boost Mother City
Massive project expected to earn city R10bn in 10 years, writes Dave Marrs. SA HAS moved steadily up the ranks of the most popular convention countries since the advent of democracy in 1994, reaching 22nd place for international association meetings last year.
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Derelict car-park transformed
IN APRIL last year the site of the Cape Town International Convention Centre was a vast, derelict parking lot in a section of the foreshore that had long been written off by Capetonians as a sterile and hostile part of their city.
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Missing piece of the tourism puzzle
CAPE Town International Convention Centre Company CE Ian Douglas describes the new complex as the missing piece of tourism infrastructure that will enable the Western Cape to compete successfully in the international market during the coming decades.
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Clever marketing keeps passenger volumes up
SA one of few countries to escape global downturn in the travel industry after September 11 terrorist attacks in US.
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Karoo builds new ostrich abattoir
The Klein Karoo Cooperative has started construction of its third export-class ostrich abattoir in Swellendam, in the Western Cape.
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Future looks good for Growthpoint
Property Editor PROPERTY loan stock company Growthpoint may soon join the few listed property funds on the JSE Securities Exchange SA with a property asset base of more than R2bn.
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Rentsure, Daisy portfolio destined for Fairvest
THE property portfolio that is changing hands in a complex transaction between Rentsure Holdings and Daisy Street is destined for property loan stock company Fairvest Property Holdings.
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UK clients seek legal advice on land tenure
SA LAW firm Werksmans has been inundated with requests for legal advice on land tenure issues since announcing last week that it had opened its doors for business in the UK.
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Public works projects better than basic grant
IT IS all but certain that the cabinet will reject the Taylor committee's recommendation of a universal R100 per month basic income grant when it decides on the issue next January.
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IDC returns to profit despite Saldanha
Corporation comes out of restructuring of west coast steel plant with bruises but also with flying colours. BREAKING free from the shackles of Saldanha Steel, the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) returned to profit in the past year although its final five months as a stakeholder in the west coast plant still cost it about R3bn.
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State urged to be flexible on registration fees
Cape Town - Department of trade and industry officials were urged to be flexible about registration fees for companies to encourage smaller businesses to sign up for the new national company database and reap the benefits of having information about them distributed.
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East Rand firm makes inroads into China's big paint market
South Africa’s third-largest paint producer has shipped a-million-rands worth of paint to China, following successful negotiations between the local company and Quanlitona SA, the Chinese buyer’s South African subsidiary which is best known for its switchgear equipment.
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Grants available for pollution busters
Local authorities interested in reducing pollution from settlements will be able to apply to the Development Bank of South Africa, for technical grants, and the Consolidated Municipal Infrastructure Plan, for capacity-building grants, from January, informs Manda Hinsch, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry’s deputy director for water-quality management, urban development and agriculture.
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New 'green' diesel plans for Secunda
South Africa’s petrochemicals giant Sasol is considering establishing a gas-to-liquids plant in South Africa, similar to those being built in Nigeria and Qatar, Engineering News can today report.
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New air-conditioning technology at casino
Cutting-edge air conditioning technology has been installed at the Suncoast Casino and Entertainment project, says Richard Pearce and Partners director Noel Smith.
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Learnership programmes to solve industry skills dearth
The air-conditioning and refrigeration industry in South Africa is faced with a shortage of well-trained technicians, and is actively pursuing solutions to solve this problem.
(©www.engineeringnews.co.za)

SAFCEC NEWS

CPAF INDICES – AUGUST 2002
The CPAF Indices for August 2002 have been published by the STATSSA and an amended schedule is available here.
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SAFCEC 2003 CALENDARS
ATTENTION ALL MEMBERS! Orders may now be placed for the SAFCEC 2003 calendar. The calendar consists of 12 pages, each depicting two months, featuring the 12 winning photographs from the 2002 Photographic Competition. Members may choose from the standard calendar printed with SAFCEC details, or overprinting on the personalised option, which allows for your company’s logo and contact details. Please submit your orders AS SOON AS POSSIBLE (click here for order form) to facilitate early delivery of your calendars.Should you have any queries, please contact Anna Botha on (011) 455-1700.
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New proposal to sell CNA assets separately
Johannesburg - In a dramatic about-turn, the provisional liquidators of Consolidated News Agency (Consolidated) have proposed that it "be offered for sale to prospective purchasers separately from the assets purportedly belonging to Central News Agency [Central]".
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De Beers to open New York retail store
DE BEERS, set up to sell De Beersbranded jewellery with luxury goods trader LVMH, has announced that it is following up the opening this November of its first retail store in Bond Street London by a second store on New York's 5th Avenue.
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Tracking shifting retail trading patterns
SA's shopping map is changing due to urbanisation, increasing poverty and Zimbabwe's strained economy.
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Government prevents San land sale
GOVERNMENT has stepped in to prevent the sale of land given to the Khomani San in the Kalahari, which was to be auctioned this week because of unsettled debt.
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Africa's economic growth rate expected to accelerate to 4.2%
Washington - Africa's gross domestic product would probably grow 3.1 percent this year before accelerating to 4.2 percent next year as the continent benefited from higher commodity prices, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said yesterday.
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Growing food crisis given top priority at SADC summit
CAPE TOWN. The food crisis in six sub-Saharan countries, which had put up to 14-million people at risk, was worsening faster than predicted.
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Oppenheimers give more land to Zimbabwe
Family has handed over 47% of estate HARARE The Oppenheimer family has agreed to hand over to Zimbabwe a further 30000ha of its Debshan Estate, leaving it with just more than half of the farm, said the Herald, citing Vice- President Joseph Msika.
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IDC plans to join World Bank in facilitating empowerment
supply the aluminium industry, and the upgrading of rail and port facilities. The project would provide a major boost to the economy of Mozambique, and also underpin the IDC's commitment to the New Partnership for Africa's Development.
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Namibia blamed for slow land reform
WHITE commercial farmers in Namibia have rejected claims by top government officials, including President Sam Nujoma, that land reform was moving at a sluggish pace by claiming that more land than planned was acquired but not well utilised.
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AU meets over Côte d'Ivoire
ADDIS ABABA While French and US troops moved yesterday to safeguard westerners caught in Côte d'Ivoire's military uprising the African Union's (AU's) conflict prevention team met to discuss the fighting.
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Mintek is taking lead in gold technology
Cape Town - A leaner and more focused Mintek, the state-owned minerals technology group, had become a global leader in gold beneficiation technology and was making rapid inroads in other commercial applications of minerals processes.
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Anglo leads bourse after positive recommendation on its stock
Johannesburg - Stocks rose on Friday, led by Anglo American, after a brokerage raised its recommendation on the stock, and Sasol, which benefited from higher crude oil prices.
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BHP Billiton may sell zinc, copper reserve
US state of Wisconsin blocks project Resources Correspondent BHP Billiton said on Monday that it is considering the sale of its 55- million ton zinc and copper reserve in the US state of Wisconsin.
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State agency to support empowerment in mining
The State-owned Industrial Development Corporation has re-stated its commitment to mining reform in South Africa and the integration of the historically disadvantaged persons into the mining economy.
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Zambia to close Nchanga in 3-4 years
Zambia's Nchanga copper mine, the country's biggest open pit mine and a major contributor to its copper output, will close within three to four years, a senior mine official said on Wednesday.
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Mining industry receives new charter draft
South Africans negotiating a mine charter to boost black participation in the industry have finished a second draft of which details could be released next week, a top government official said today.
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Geodiversity pressure mounts on mining giant
Mining group Anglo American appears to be under pressure, once again, to pursue geographic diversity in its assets and to make South Africa a less-dominant part of its operating portfolio.
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...new projects, acquisitions support internationalisation
Resources giant Anglo American spent $1,9-billion to acquire new assets in South Africa and in other regions of the world during the first half of this year.
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Coal to remain South Africa's energy base
Coal will continue to be the basis of the South African economy for many years yet, despite falling out of environmental favour.
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New R1,2bn coal-mine plan for Mpumalanga
An application for permission to build a new R1,2-billion coal-mine in Mpumalanga has been submitted to government by South Africa’s largest coal producer.
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Shades of a time gone by retain their charm
ART deco lighting was designed for a new era and a new social order, with the accent on diffused lighting. In the years between the two world wars, homes became smaller, with the trend towards small semidetached suburban houses in which space had to used effectively.
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Shrewd investors buy land
Shaky stock markets are buoying up property prices as investors turn to bricks and mortar - but the really shrewd are buying land.
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Is foreign buying all good?
Heightened interest among foreign buyers in non-luxury properties could turn out to be a double-edged sword - bringing in foreign currency but making it more difficult for local buyers to compete.
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SA buyers rediscover their heritage at 'bush estates'
Foreign buyers who've snapped up game lodges and large stretches of savanna in recent years have prompted renewed appreciation among South Africans of the bush and the wide variety of wildlife right on their doorstep.
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Rising rents shore up demand
Rising mortgage rates rates may be prompting more homeowners to sell their properties, but they are also - if indirectly - turning more tenants into potential homebuyers.
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Gauteng weekenders turn to Belfast
Gauteng weekenders who love the 'vibe' of Dullstroom but are finding property prices there a bit steep these days are increasingly looking at Belfast as an alternative.
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To sell or to let - how to decide
If you're a homeowner whose job suddenly demands that you transfer to another town - or country - for a while, how will you decide what to do with your property?
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ST equals co-operation
Every community has a degree of interdependence among its members, and nowhere is that truer than in Sectional Title (ST) communities, where the member that breaks the rules or fails to pay his or her share of the communal costs does so at the inconvenience and expense of the other members.
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Meeting overseas buyers on their own turf
Next month a team of property services specialists, including financial and legal experts, embarks on Pam Golding Properties' two-week EuroInvest Tour of high-profile international property expos in the major cities of Europe to market South African properties abroad.
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RE/MAX focuses on exposing SA property
The strongest contingent of RE/MAX International delegates yet to visit South Africa will attend the sixth RE/MAX of Southern Africa broker-owners' convention at Sun City next month, underlining the group's efforts to expose South African properties to overseas markets, particularly in Europe, Australia and the UK.
(©www.property24.co.za)

Homenet opens in Nottingham Road
Surging demand for property in the KwaZulu-Natal Midlands has prompted three estate agents well-known in the area to open a new Homenet agency in the historic village of Nottingham Road, near the heart of the Midlands Meander tourist route.
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Estate Agent licencing fees set to rise by 20 to 25%
Estate agent license fees for 2003 are set to rise by between 20 to 25 percent, if the Minister of the Department of Trade and Industries (DTI) approves an application by the Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB).
The increase would raise fees to R430 for principals and R250 for non-principals. Estate Agency Affairs Board CEO Stanley Moshidi says the request is based on "ever increasing costs and inflationary pressures."
"Even if these increases are granted our research has indicated that these amounts are still considerably less than the levies payable in respect of other industries and professions. Indeed, it has been estimated that the Board will spend R610 per individual estate agent next year.
(©Property Professional Online)

Clifton home sells at R40 000/m2
A two-bedroom, two bathroom Clifton beach bungalow has been sold by Seeff Camps Bay to a Gauteng buyer for R5.5 million. This is believed to be the highest price per square metre - almost R40 000 - ever achieved by any Atlantic Seaboard agency. The erf size is 265sm and the floor size 140sm.
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Design ensures flexibility
TO SERVE their primary purpose, international convention centres have to be big enough to accommodate sessions of 12000 or more delegates and trade exhibitions, such as motor shows, with all the attendant breakaway and meeting rooms, auditoriums, banqueting halls, kitchens and ballrooms.
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Colour in architecture
Colour is one of the most important and least understood aspects of our environment. As more architects begin to experiment again with the power of colour, these pages, brought to you by Corus in conjunction with The Architects' Journal, offer a mixture of inspiration and practical advice. It is time to enjoy colour again. And each week we will bring you a feature from this site.
This week: The beginner's guide to pigment technology
From solid colours to pearlescents and fluorescents
(Note : to view the articles requires a quick registration on the AJ site.)
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Down to Earth
Office buildings of six stories or less provide intrinsic challenges, as well as benefits. (CMD requires free registration prior to viewing articles)
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Managers face challenging asset-allocation decisions
MORE evidence emerged in August that SA's economy is growing faster than expected, with growth forecasts for 2002 revised upwards from the consensus forecast of less than 2% a few months ago.
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Another interest rate increase on cards as PPI hits 13-year high
Johannesburg - Factory gate inflation, as measured by the producer price index (PPI), rose to a 13-year high in August, Statistics SA said yesterday.
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Foreign investment fell in second quarter
Industrial Reporter FOREIGN direct investment in SA in the second quarter of 2002 slumped to stand at R2,383bn, compared with the first quarter's impressive start of R14,02bn.
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Sanlam and Absa merger needs 'clear benefits'
Cape Town - Analysts were taking a dim view of a potential merger between Sanlam and Absa over concerns that there was a lack of any clear operational benefits.
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Burden of proof
There is an old legal principle that ‘he who alleges must prove’ — which is not very politically correct but nonetheless has passed the test of time. Simply, it means that if it is claimed that a legal right has been infringed which has resulted in a financial loss, then the right of recovery is dependent upon an ability to prove that what is being alleged has occurred. It is not for the accused to prove his innocence.

This principle is relevant to contractors who submit claims. In providing the necessary proof, contractors are required to show a proper link between the matters which it is alleged have caused the loss and the loss itself.

Proving a link between matters which are alleged to have caused a loss and the loss itself can be hard, says Roger Knowles.
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Seen in Classifieds:
Assistant QS Manager
Thompson Cole - Chartered Quantity Surveyors, London. Seek assistant QS manager for their Saudi Arabian operations, based in Jeddah. To work closely with present South African resident manager. Young enthusiastic person, single status, minimum of 4 years post graduate experience.

Stand for sale in Midrand 1465 sqaure meter's with duet services.

The Complete Steel Solution Conference
The Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) will be hosting a 3CR12 Conference at the Sandton Convention Centre on the 10th & 11th of October. This conference will address recent developments, new applications and opportunities for the specification, design, and cost
effective use of 3CR12 corrosion resistant steel in a wide range of industry
sectors. Click here for registration form and programme.

Conference on Construction and Engineering Excellence
The theme of this conference is that the building process needs to be streamlined with all essential parties coming together to ensure success and will be held from 30 September to 1 October 2002 at the Balalaika Hotel in Sandton. Full details available on the ASAQS website.

Remember: Visit the ASAQS website for new updates!

New members to the CUG

Louwrens Fourie
Charles Gosling
Ian Skinner
Phiwe Makeleni
Michael Slabber
Robert Peel
Lorenzo Libera
Allan Dagutat
Lameck Mathebula
Dawood Asmall
Pragasen Chetty
Willem Roos
Jason Burét

Please note : Only paid-up members of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors are allowed entrance to the CUG. We still receive a number of applications every month from non-members. If you have any questions regarding membership contact Mrs Barbara Morgan on 011-3154140

Also note that your registration to the CUG will remain in force as long as you remain a member of ASAQS and there is no need to register every year. If you have not received an e-mail confirming your registration contact ASAQS.

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