Ngubeni, Steven Piet(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)
The observed prevalence of objections to the municipal valuation rolls in the
metropolitan municipalities in South Africa suggests the existence of valuation
inaccuracy. Research has revealed that valuation inaccuracy ...
This article is the second of a planned series being published in this Journal describing investigations of the condition of South Africa’s infrastructure, reasons for/contributory factors to this condition, and the ...
Akinsomi, Omokolade; Bangura, Mustapha; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim(Emerald, 2024)
PURPOSE :
Several studies have examined the impact of market fundamentals on house prices. However, the effect of economic sectors on housing prices is limited despite the existence of two-speed economies in some ...
Oladeji, Jonathan Damilola; Zulch, Benita; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim(MDPI, 2023-09)
This research examines how much forecasting accuracy can be achieved by modelling
the relationships between listed real estate and macroeconomic time series variables using the logit
regression model. The example data ...
Oladeji, Jonathan Damilola; Zulch, Benita; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim(Emerald, 2023-06)
PURPOSE – The challenge of accessibility to adequate housing in several countries by a large percentage of citizens has given rise to different housing programs designed to facilitate access to affordable housing. In South ...
Raytcheva-Schaap, Yovka(University of Pretoria, 2018)
Certification of buildings under the various environmental performance schemes such as LEED, BREEAM, Green Star, etc., has increased globally in response to the environmental challenges facing current and future generations. ...
Infrastructure is designed and built to deliver a
service, but how well the infrastructure is operated
and maintained is a major determinant of how
effectively it is able to deliver that service. Despite
this, much of ...
Van Tonder, Francine; Rwelamila, P.D.(Emerald, 2024)
PURPOSE – One of the greatest challenges faced by the 1994 post-apartheid government in South Africa is the
housing problem that has persisted for almost 30 years into democracy. Innovation in research and practice ...
The retail property industry in South Africa represents a trillion Rand in investment, employment, and urban development, all of which would be negatively impacted should it collapse. It, therefore, follows that knowledge ...
Sanama, Conrad; Xia, Xiaohua(International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, 2022-02)
The main objective of this work is to establish a
detailed modelling technique to predict the refrigerant
conditions such as pressure and enthalpy of a Vapor
Compression (VC) system. The steady state modelling
techniques ...
Tourism infrastructure is considered critical for tourism growth and destination competitiveness. Within the complex South African public sector planning system, the responsibility for infrastructure and tourism planning ...
Wall, Kevin(University of the Free State, 2022-12)
Many South African municipalities suffer service-delivery problems that can usually be ascribed to inadequate management, skills, and budgets. The reasons for these, in turn, invariably include weak economic base, unwise ...
The ‘social franchising’ model for the operation and maintenance of selected water and sanitation infrastructure, the conceptual origins of the model, its subsequent development by desktop research methods, and its piloting ...
Venter, Pieter-Hendrik(University of Pretoria, 2023)
The Chief Surveyor-General study in 2011, identified a discrepancy between the Chief Surveyor-General and the Chief Registrar of Deeds. Considering these two governmental institutions as custodians of property registers ...
De Jager, Peta; Wall, Kevin(South African Institute of Civil Engineers, 2022-09)
The 2006, 2011 and 2017 Report Cards on the condition of built environment fixed infrastructure in South Africa were the product of cooperation between the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and the South ...
Wall, Kevin(University of the Free State, 2021-12)
A major objective of local government in South Africa, as defined in the Constitution,
is to ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner.
However, neglect of infrastructure continues to hamper ...
Zulch, Benita; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Paradza, Partson(Routledge, 2022)
Zimbabwe’s new administration indicated its willingness to end the compensation dispute, which lasted for two decades with former commercial farmers (FCFs), by signing the global compensation agreement (GCA). In the ...
Paradza, Partson; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Zulch, Benita(Sciendo, 2021-12)
Property valuation for compensation of expropriated properties in Zimbabwe has been characterised
by inconsistencies for decades. Previous studies have noted that displaced people are dissatisfied with
the compensation ...
Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Paradza, Partson; Zulch, Benita(Emerald, 2022-04)
PURPOSE : This study aims to examine the statutory provisions as it concerns the practice of valuation for compensation of expropriated communal properties in Zimbabwe. The primary motivation was to have informed policies ...
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Infrastructure Report Cards of 2006,
2011 and 2017 reported that much of the South African infrastructure is in a poor condition.
To augment the recent 2017 ...