Futuregrowth has a further 10 centres in the pipeline.

Twenty-five investment projects worth R29bn were approved under government’s strategic investment projects incentive programme between April 2002 and March last year, according to a report tabled in Parliament this week.

Three power stations are to be re-opened

The past year was an outstanding year for the South African cement industry with several sales records being broken, John Sheath, marketing manager of the Cement & Concrete Institute, has reported.

Demand for space in provinces such as Mpumalanga help to reduce the levels of risk associated with the portfolio as a whole.

Prima Property Trust today announced a final distribution of 4,43 cents per unit for the four months from 1 January 2004 to 30 April 2004, representing a 3% improvement on the forecast.

Feasibility underway

Listed property fund Capital Property Fund (CPL) has reported a fall in its final headline earnings per unit for the year ended December 31, 2003, to 27.44 cents from 28.24 cents a year earlier.

The South African Water Affairs and Forestry Department and the Mpumalanga Government have initiated a 70 million rand project to construct a water pipeline

Port Maputo, the recently concessioned harbour in the Mozambican capital, has moved a step closer to being an effective competitor to Durban.