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The company's first major project was the construction of the Rand Sports Stadium in Johannesburg followed by contracts for the Pretoria and Johannesburg power stations. . Another initial project was the Storms River bridge which was designed by Dr. Riccardo Morandi of Rome, this bridge was for many years the highest and longest single span bridge in South Afr
City Power Johannesburg (or Joburg City Power) is a state owned power utility, wholly owned by the City of Johannesburg.Its responsibilities include buying electricity from power producers and supplying it to the public, and installing and maintaining the electrical infrastructure in the city of Johannesburg.
The Leonardo is a 55-floor mixed-use property development in Sandton, Johannesburg, South Africa. The fourth tallest building in Africa and the tallest in South Africa and sub-Saharan Africa, it stands at a height of 234 metres (768 ft). [1] [2] The building is built at 75 Maude Street, approximately 100 metres from the Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
Murray & Roberts Holdings Ltd. is a South African-based engineering and mining contractor.It is listed on the JSE Securities Exchange. [3] The Group delivers its capabilities into three global primary market sectors the resources, industrial, energy, water and specialised infrastructure market sectors.
The project went out to tender during November 1971 and two tenders were received. [2]: 97 Neither were accepted but negotiations took place with the two tenderers.[2]: 97 The contract was awarded on 21 August 1972 [1]: 217 to a consortium of contractors consisting of German, Italian and South African firms of Hochtief, Impresa Ing.
The Star, a South African newspaper, describes a tenderpreneur as "someone politically well-connected who has got rich through the government tendering system". [4] In January 2010, South African Communist Party leader Blade Nzimande called for transparency in the awarding of tenders, saying "let's be bold, let's go and promote small ...
In Johannesburg, a raw mining town of only 50,000 whites, the professional class was thin on the ground. Amongst this group, each member quickly became intimately acquainted with his peers. Smuts quickly gained an excellent reputation, respected for his prodigious learning, his ability to argue a case and for his integrity.
The Johannesburg city hall while still under construction. A competition was held in 1909 to design a new Town Hall. Only South African resident architects were allowed to take part and entries were judged by Leonard Stokes, Vice-President of the Royal Institute of British Architects and a decision was made in March 1910.