As a Portuguese-speaking country in Africa, I am very grateful for this opportunity of exchanges with parliamentarians from other Portuguese-speaking countries. As parliamentarians, we have the right to exercise our power, we have the duty to bring back what we have seen and heard in China, ...
How can we, as South African civil engineering practitioners, improve flood management in South Africa? : opinionFloods in South Africa in the 2013/2014 rainy season caused at least 50 fatalities and affected about 50 000 people. In addition to loss of life and injuries, people were evacuated...
Urbanization and climate change are contributing to severe flooding globally, damaging infrastructure, disrupting economies, and undermining human well-being. Approaches to make cities more resilient to floods are emerging, notably with the design of flo
Jeff runs Civil Estimator one of the most well-known and respected freelance estimation providers for construction companies all around the world. And he does it by selling these services as digital products. In this episode, you'll learn: How to use Shopify to collect payments as...
Once you have your problem statement, which we always phrase as a question—"What’s the problem I’m trying to solve?”—in order that you can have an open mind, you then break it down. You break it down into its most important pieces. Every problem has a bazillion ...
In South Africa, women have the right to own land, either alone or with their spouses. This may be observed based on constitutions everywhere on the African continent, suggesting rules and rights for women in terms of ownership, violence, and discrimination. However, this is challenging, and ...
We choose the participant observation method because researchers take participant observation to be in the direct involvement of the field in this case. On the one hand, we attempted to understand by doing on a more intimate scale. On the other hand, through the study, individuals in the ...
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While 2020 has lumbered on in an epic conflagration of storms, fires, a global pandemic, recession and civil unrest, SpaceX has been scrambling to improve life a bit by creating a new kind ofsatellite service it calls Starlink. It's technology that could be just the thing for folks like...
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