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Engcobo - Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka has urged the Eastern Cape government to do whatever it takes to eradicate schools built in mud in the province.
"We must do away with mud-built schools more especially since this is a disaster-prone area," Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka told Education MEC Mkhangeli Matomela, during a Presidential Imbizo here on Saturday.
Parents had complained that their children's lives were threatened by the poor infrastructure.
Several such schools were washed away during heavy rains in the province recently.
Ms Mlambo-Ngcuka said it was government's aim to do way with such conditions as they were not conducive to progressive learning.
Mr Matomela told BuaNews that the provincial government was so far left with 572 such structures to do away with, with R600 million had been set aside for this reason this financial year.
October 10, 2006 - Model DS500 MOBILELOCK(TM) GPS Locator and Anti-Theft Alarm sends alert by phone or email, allowing contractors to locate unit in real-time using Internet-based street maps or satellite imagery. Portable, wireless system mounts to equipment using heavy-duty magnets or screws, and runs off rechargeable Li-Ion batteries. Tamper, door, vibration, and temperature sensors can be programmed individually through phone or MOBILELOCK website for monitoring of assets. .
OTTAWA (CP) - Heavy spending on office buildings in Alberta and Ontario pushed investment in non-residential building construction to another record high between July and September. Investment hit $8.9 billion, up 1.9 per cent from the second quarter, the 14th straight quarterly increase. Investment reached record highs in two of three components - commercial and institutional, where investors pumped $5.1 billion into commercial projects, up four per cent from the second quarter, and investment edged up 0.7 per cent to $2.4 billion in the institutional component. Spending in the industrial component declined 3.5 per cent to $1.4 billion. Provincially, the biggest third-quarter dollar increase by far occurred Alberta, where investment in non-residential building construction rose seven per cent to $1.7 billion, a ninth straight quarterly gain; British Columbia was a distant second, increasing investment 2.6 per cent to $1.3 billion.
MOSCOW, October 13 (Itar-Tass) - Vladimir Putin convened a visiting session of the presidium of the State Council in Yaroslavl, to discuss ways of developing the network of roads in the country. "To brush up on the theme ahead of the meeting, Putin visited the construction site of a new 700-meter long bridge across the Volga, and an exhibition of road construction equipment.
Putin has called for spending extra budget revenues on financing infrastructures. There have been incessant arguments where the snowballing reserves should be put to use. It is beyond doubt, if the resources are to be spent somehow, they must be spent on infrastructures roads, ports, airports and communication links, Putin said at a meeting of the State Councils presidium. I would place the roads before anything else.
Swedwood, the industrial group within IKEA, the leading home furnishings retailer, announced plans to build a manufacturing facility in Danville, Virginia. The factory will be the Swedish companys first furniture production location in the United States, and will produce a variety of wood-based IKEA products such as EXPEDIT bookshelves, LACK coffee and side tables, MAGIKER modular entertainment systems and PAX wardrobe frames. Pending permits and construction, the facility will open in early 2008, and will create up to 740 jobs.
The 810,000 square-foot future Swedwood factory will be built on 209 acres in Cane Creek Centre, in the City of Danville, VA in Pittsylvania County, VA approximately 50 miles north of Greensboro, NC. The close proximity to many IKEA stores and distribution centers, coupled with good regional infrastructure and available land, make Danville ideal for this North American production facility, said Bengt Danielsson, North American president of Swedwood.
To some hunters, its the ultimate beast of burden, more reliable and easier to tame than a horse. To others, its just a burden.
The all-terrain vehicle is quickly becoming a popular hunting accessory. Hunters dont have to beat up full-size pickup trucks on four-wheel-drive roads and can use the handy four-wheeler to haul out their kill. But theres also a small minority of rule-breakers that can ruin the sport, either by scaring off that prized elk or tearing apart the natural environment.
Troy Sweet is a hunter who lives in Grand Junction and hunts all over Colorado. He uses an ATV for easier access in tough terrain and to quickly haul out animals hes bagged. But the key is keeping the ATV a good distance from the prey. And he says all too often someone will drive in on an ATV and scare away all the wildlife and any hope for a kill.
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