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In 1972, the union absorbed the Coloured, Malay and Asiatic Building Workers' Union, followed in 1980 by the majority of the Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers of South Africa. This took its membership up to 19,000. [7] In 1991, it was a founding affiliate of the short-lived Federation of Independent Trade Unions. [8]
An exhaustive rescue operation to find missing construction workers trapped in the rubble of a collapsed building in South Africa ended Friday after nearly two weeks, as authorities released a ...
In March 2021, the owners of the land applied to increase the proposed building from 4 to 5 storeys and include 66 parking bays in an underground basement parking lot. The developer, Neo Trend Group Ice Projects, submitted its final plans in December 2022 and they were approved by the municipality in July 2023. [ 7 ]
Green building in South Africa is overseen by The Green Building Council of South Africa [1] (launched 2007) which has developed Green Star SA rating tools, based on those developed by the Green Building Council of Australia [2] tools, to provide the property industry with an objective measurement for green buildings and to recognize and reward environmental leadership in the property industry.
The Building, Construction and Allied Workers' Union (BCAWU) is a trade union representing workers in the construction industry in South Africa. The union was founded in 1975 to represent black workers in the industry. It affiliated to the Black Consultative Committee, [1] and then to the Council of Unions of South Africa.
The South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) is a South African statutory body established in terms of the Standards Act (Act No. 24 of 1945). [3] It continues to operate in terms of the latest edition of the Standards Act (Act No. 29 of 2008) as the national institution for the promotion and maintenance of standardization and quality in ...
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On 31 August 2023 at around 01:30 SAST, a fire engulfed an illegally occupied government-owned building in Johannesburg, South Africa; 77 people were killed and 88 others were injured. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was one of the deadliest fires in South African history .