March 24, 2018
Maputo — Representatives of the Mozambican and British governments met in Maputo on Friday to discuss new models of school bathrooms that will improve access for disabled children and will help girl students and women teachers manage their menstrual periods.
The national director of school health in the Ministry of Education, Arlinda Chaquisse, said this project will be of great help for pupils in urban schools, where there are cases of girls dropping out of school because of the...
THE Tanzanian Bureau of Standards (TBS) has unveiled to importers, suppliers and traders of solar power products the basic standards required for products in effort to have durable and quality products and easy maintenance system.
The basic standards set by TBS were announced in the government Gazette on September 15, last year and were presented to the stakeholders yesterday in Dar es Salaam during a one-day seminar organised by the agency in partnership with the International...
By Golden Sibanda
The Zimbabwe Power Company is set to meet senior officials from Jaguar Overseas Limited (JOL) in a preparatory meeting ahead of imminent release of $70 million by Afreximbank for rehabilitation of Harare Power Station.
The Herald Business also gathered that the impending meeting provides an opportunity for the parties to discuss, during another eagerly awaited high stakes discussion, issues on delays by JOL in starting work on the re-powering of Munyati, which...
March 23, 2018
Informal settlements have been flooded, shacks have been damaged and sinkholes, large enough to swallow a car, have been discovered across Gauteng after heavy rains on Thursday.
Informal settlements in Tshwane, Soshanguve, Mamelodi and Ga-Rankuwa have been affected by floods.
Tshwane emergency services spokesperson Johan Pieterse said emergency services personnel were on their way to these areas.
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By Fred Vubem Toh
Some 24 streets will be tarred to ease the flow of traffic in the economic capital.
Douala can be said to be a giant construction site. Apart from the construction of the access roads to the city, stadiums for the 2019 AFCON and the normal construction of buildings, there is the tarring of streets within the metropolis which has been going quietly, away from media attention.
The project which falls within the second phase of the triennial programme for...
By Jemimah Mueni
Nairobi — Members of the Nairobi County Assembly have urged the Executive to consider developing multi-storey parking lots in all available county plots within the greater Central Business District.
The mover of the Motion Pius Mbono Zimmerman MCA, singled out the parking space adjacent to the Supreme Court and nearby sunken parking lot, saying they can be used to create additional parking space as well generate revenue to the county.
"This Assembly...
The Minister of Works and Housing, Samuel Atta Akyea has assured that his ministry will continue to engage the services of local engineers in the execution of government projects.
The Minister was reacting to media reports alleging that he said he would not engage local engineers.
Delivering the keynote address at the opening ceremony of the ongoing 50th Anniversary and the 2018 Engineering Week celebration held in Accra Mr. Atta Akyea said, "I never said I would not hire...
By Adedayo Akinwale
Abuja — Bon Hotels International has begun the launch of 11 new hotels across the country with the unveiling of BON Hotel, Maitama, Abuja. This brings the total number of hotels being managed by BON to 25.
The Chairman, BON Hotels International West Africa, Mr. Otto Stehlik, while speaking yesterday at the launch of the newly refurbished BON Hotel Abuja, said he was extremely pleased at the progress of the BON group, adding that BON Hotel recognised the need...