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Award Winning Gautrain Construction Progress

August 28th, 2008 · No Comments

Gauteng is the largest contributor to the South African GDP (more than a third) and is home to 8.8 million South Africans (20% of the SA population).  The busiest roads in Africa are connecting the Johannesburg – Pretoria (Tswane) metro areas.   Gautrain, which has at times been a controversial option in light of South [...]

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Tags: Economic Development · Engineering · Manufacturing · Technology

Acqumine takes on mining to improve numbers

March 25th, 2008 · No Comments

Steve Larkin is a number guy. A chartered accountant turned mining entrepreneur, Larkin has applied numbers to help improve South Africa’s mining industry and take on the world of mining as a whole. His start up company, Ilali (which means village in Xhosa) has developed a revolutionary product called Acqumine that he hopes will transform [...]

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Tags: Mining · Technology