Building & Construction News

What you need to know about the Draft Procurement Bill
- 28-02-2020
- L2B
What you need to know about the Draft Procurement Bill Key Points to be considered if you are tendering for government contracts: – The public have until 31 May 2020 to submit their input and comments The Bill will create a “Regulator”...
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Budget Speech 2020
- 27-02-2020
- Moneyweb
2020
Budget Speech
Titus Mboweni Minister of Finance
26 February 2020
Speaker
Mr President
Mr Deputy President
Cabinet Colleagues
Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
Honou...

Aveng: State’s approach to construction mafia is ‘contradictory’
- 27-02-2020
- Moneyweb
Government moots using Prevention of Organised Crime Act; listed group claims Sanral wants to pass all the risk onto contractors. JSE-listed global infrastructure and resources group Aveng believes there is a contradiction between government plans...
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R60bn allocated for Gauteng infrastructure
- 26-02-2020
- Bizcommunity.com
The Gauteng Provincial Government will in the next five years spend R60bn on building and maintaining infrastructure, said Premier David Makhura while delivering his State of the Province Address (SOPA) at the Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences Universi...
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GEZE SA Case Study : Ferndale on Republic Mall, Randburg, Johannesburg
- 25-02-2020
- L2B
Ferndale on Republic Mall, Randburg, Johannesburg
Focus on community shopping
Initially built as the once-famous Randburg Waterfront, and then for a period known as Bright Water Commons, Ferndale on Republic Mall has recently been compl...

GEZE SA Case Study - One on Whiteley, Melrose Arch
- 24-02-2020
- L2B
Upmarket city living in Melrose Arch
The Amdec Group’s latest addition to the leafy suburbs of Johannesburg is One on Whiteley, parthotel, part-residential offering in Melrose Arch. The hotel part is managed by Marriott International Group, an...

ANC recalls pair implicated in dodgy Nelson Mandela Bay tender letter
- 21-02-2020
- HeraldLive
The two political support officers whose contact details were listed in a letter telling a company that it had been selected to supply construction equipment to the Nelson Mandela Bay municipality have been recalled by the ANC. The letter, which s...
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Tongaat Hulett concludes R167 million deal to sell Umhlanga property
- 21-02-2020
- Fin24
Sugar producer Tongaat Hulett [JSE:TON] says its subsidiary Tongaat Hulett Developments has concluded the sale of an Umhlanga Rocks property to Balwin Properties [JSE:BWN] for over R167.2m. Tongaat, in shareholder notice, said the property is situ...
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R69 million set aside for road project
- 20-02-2020
- Bosveld Review
LIMPOPO – Expectations are high among the unemployed around Tshedza and Vuvha villa, where a R69-million road project was officially launched by the mayor of the Makhado Local Municipality, Samuel Munyai, at Tshedza last Wednesday. Munyai said the...
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Ramaphosa speeds up funding for infrastructure
- 19-02-2020
- Moneyweb
President Cyril Ramaphosa is moving at speed to try and secure funding for infrastructure development in the country, including for the Infrastructure Fund. Ramaphosa disclosed in his State of the Nation Address (Sona) last week that the Infrastru...
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