AfriSam News
Little cheer from Budget speech, but construction resilient - AfriSam
It was a sombre tone at this year’s annual AfriSam Budget Breakdown event, but sales and marketing executive Richard Tomes reminded stakeholders that the company’s 90 years in business should be an...
Budget shows an economy treading water, not collapsing – Jammine
Although Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s Budget, delivered on February 21, seemed somewhat prudent, Econometrix director and chief economist Dr Azar Jammine said there was not much in it to...
Major infrastructure needed to access limestone deposit
A new quarry in the Northern Cape set to be an important source of limestone for a local cement plant, will require significant infrastructure to enable access to the deposit. The deposit is said...
AfriSam expects to start mining new Ulco limestone quarry later this year
Aggregates and construction materials company AfriSam will soon start mining at a new limestone deposit near its Ulco cement plant, in the Northern Cape. The relocated quarry will be capable of...
New limestone quarry for AfriSam at Ulco
As the important mineral component of its cement, limestone will soon be mined from a new deposit by AfriSam’s Ulco cement plant in the Northern Cape. The relocated quarry will be capable of...
Tackling the construction sector skills shortage
South African construction materials supplier AfriSam says that the company’s ongoing investment in training and development aims to address the lack of technical skills which it says is hampering...
Concor clinches construction world best projects awards for two projects
Concor' s name has long been associated with Construction World's Best Projects with numerous of the company's projects, both in infrastructure and the built environment, winning accolades over the...
Concor secures accolades at Construction World's Best Project Awards
Construction company Concor has won awards for two projects at the twenty-second instalment of Construction World’s Best Projects Awards. The aim of the awards is to recognise excellence in civil...
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Municipalities spend 22% of budget in the first quarter of the 2024/25 financial year
The National Treasury, on December 20, published the local government revenue and expenditure report for the first quarter period from July 1 to September 30, which showed that aggregate spending...
SME business-building MoMo chatbot reaches 1m entrepreneurs in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda
About one-million small businesses in Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda have digitised their operations, increased the use of digital financial services and accessed digital marketplaces through the MoMo...
Prosus chair’s trust sells €156m of shares for hotel growth
A family trust linked to Koos Bekker — one of South Africa’s richest people — sold about €156-million of shares in Internet investing giant Prosus to fund building operations at hotels in South...
