THE LEGAL DUTY OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT TO FACILITATE DEVELOPMENT

The legal duty of local government to facilitate development

Local government in South Africa is not only facing challenges normally associated with a process of development or transformation, but needs to adjust its focus according to the new development paradigm unfolding in South Africa.Developmental local government has to accomplish this task according to the mandate issued in the Constitution Queen Sle

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Prediction of concrete compressive strength using support vector machine regression and non-destructive testing

Performance assessment of existing building structures, especially concrete compressive strength assessment, is a crucial aspect of engineering construction for most industrialized countries.Non-destructive testing (NDT) techniques are commonly employed to assess the compressive strength of concrete structures.However, existing methods for predicti

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