Tag: private
Girls in space! Africa’s first private satellite – designed by schoolgirls
Africa is about to launch its first private satellite. It's a unique achievement - not least because the engineers designing the satellite's payload aren’t veteran astrophysicists, as you might expect. They’re teenage schoolgirls.
Call on private sector to help fight Ebola
South African companies can donate cash to the Ebola Response Fund or offer goods
and services to help fight the spread of Ebola in East Africa.
Africa’s first ‘easyHotel’ for Joburg
Industrial conglomerate Lonrho is partnering with global private investment company easyGroup to expand the easyHotel.com brand of hotels into Africa, starting with Johannesburg's central business district.
Drive to help clear housing backlog
The South African Department of Human Settlements recently launched a new campaign, appealing to the private sector to help it address the country's housing backlog.
• South Africa's housing drive ‘taking shape’
German firm enters SA solar market
German-based Concentrix Solar has inaugurated its first facility in South Africa, commissioning a 60-kilowatt solar power plant at Aquila Private Game Reserve in Touwsrivier in the Western Cape.
SA’s Blue Train to go private
South Africa's famous ultra-luxury Blue Train is set to go private. State rail company Spoornet is to offer the Blue Train to investors on a long-term lease, with British, Chinese and Indian rail operators reportedly interested in the sale.
