Google has unveiled plans to roll out free wireless networks across Africa and Asia using high-altitude blimps and balloons. If the project is successful, one billion previously unconnected people will have Internet access.

Douw Steyn, one of South Africa’s richest men, will be making a permanent mark on the Johannesburg landscape by creating a residential estate bigger than the suburb of Sandton.

Procurement management requires the ability to effectively manage multiple suppliers and to have an understanding of how to approach the needs of different projects while maintaining the quality of the product or service delivered.

The National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) has granted Eskom a licence for its R2.4-billion Sere wind farm project in the Western Cape, which is expected to deliver its first power to the national grid in the first half of 2014.

When defining the project management office (PMO), a crucial step is to identify who the stakeholder groups are and precisely what they want.