Building & Construction News

Welverdiend main road repairs finally begin after years of pothole complaints

• 19-03-2026
• The Citizen Online

After more than a decade of complaints, authorities have begun repairing the main road through Welverdiend, with phased upgrades and local workers employed to restore the heavily damaged route.

After many years of complaints, authorities...

City of Cape Town launches road resurfacing projects in Strand, Nomzamo, and Gordon’s Bay

• 19-03-2026
• Bolander Lifestyle

The City of Cape Town has started a series of road resurfacing projects in Strand, Nomzamo and Gordon’s Bay aimed at improving road safety and driving conditions in the area.

Work began on Friday, March 13 and is expected to contin...

Western Cape’s affordable housing projects inch forward

• 19-03-2026
• Ground Up

Construction is yet to start on the province’s three inner-city projects

A development on the corner of Somerset and Buitengracht Streets, opposite the Prestwich Memorial, will consist of 310 residential units, of which 120 will be...

Repairs to upper section of Kloof Road to finally start in March 2026

• 19-03-2026
• Eyewitnessnews

The top section of this key access route to Cape Town's Atlantic Seaboard has been closed to traffic since September 2023.

More than two years have passed since the upper section of Kloof Road was closed in the interests of public sa...

From potholes to progress on Old Main Road

• 18-03-2026
• Highway Mail

A local PR councillor says the road repairs bring relief after months of misery and complaints from residents.

THE repair work which recently got underway on Old Main Road has been welcomed by residents.

Ward 103 PR cou...

New deeds office in sight for Joburg

• 18-03-2026
• South African Government News Agency

Public Works & Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson this morning conducted an oversight visit to the construction of the new Johannesburg Deeds Office at 85 Anderson Street in Marshalltown.

Macpherson said the new office will play...

SAAME municipal building in Ekurhuleni nears completion with R39 million funding

• 18-03-2026
• The Citizen

The additional R39 million allocated to finalise the SAAME municipal facility marks a major milestone in the city’s programme to rejuvenate the central business district.

The long-awaited SAAME building in the City of Ekurhulen...

Midrand councillor questions stalled R55 project

• 18-03-2026
• Midrand Reporter

Ward 132 councillor Annette Deppe says the unfinished R55 provincial road maintenance project, near Kyalami Corner, is worsening already severe traffic congestion, as she questions where the province, and the contractor are.

A road maint...

R90 million later, Ekurhuleni multipurpose centre still a shell

• 17-03-2026
• The Citizen Online

Civil society demands answers as delays cripple hub.

Nearly R90 million has already been poured into the Kaalfontein Multipurpose Centre in Ekurhuleni, yet what greets residents today is not a hub of opportunity but an unfinished shell s...

Government sent back to the drawing board for Tafelberg site

• 17-03-2026
• Bizcommunity.com

The future of the long-contested Tafelberg site in Sea Point was top of the agenda at a Heritage Western Cape meeting this week.

Last year, we reported that the Western Cape government has plans to use part of the Tafelberg site for affo...