Can the new construction law work out the kinks in the sector?
Publication date 19 November 2020 | 21:16 | ICT
For over a decade, billions of dollars have poured into the construction and real estate sectors, which until last year was not regulated. A year later, the law has yet to take effect, mired by jurisdiction overlaps, slow-to-enact
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