Building & Construction News

The City advertises new Parow Social Housing site

• 28-02-2023
• Cape Town Etc

The City of Cape Town has recently released a tender inviting offers for the development and sale of the Parow sub-precinct 1 site, situated near the library and driving licence testing centre.

The City had advertised another tender for ...

After exiting Australia, WBHO gets boost from SA's roadworks drive

• 28-02-2023
• News 24

Construction group WBHO says the market for commercial property development in SA remains positive, while it's benefiting from new road contracts.

The company has secured R4.7 billion in new road projects in SA, pushing up its o...

Sanral welcomes over R351bn budget set aside for transport and logistics

• 28-02-2023
• IOL

Durban - The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has welcomed the allocation of R351.1 billion over the next three years to transport and logistics, which includes Sanral, by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana in his Budget speech.

Court rules that CIDB grading was incorrectly applied by the City of Cape Town.

• 28-02-2023
• Taranis

In a recent judgement, the Western Cape High Court ruled that the total value of a “Framework or Term Contract” should not be used as the yardstick to determine the required grading of a bidder, to be accepted for consideration in a te...

Absa finances three Wind Energy Projects that reach Financial Close in Bid Window 5 of the South African REIPPP Programme (REIPPPP)

• 28-02-2023
• Cbn

Absa acted as a mandated lead arranger and lender for three Red Rocket Energy (Pty) Ltd (“Red Rocket”) renewable energy projects which reached financial close on 23 February 2023. The projects comprise of two 140MW wind farms, which wi...

Unlocking more phases of the Kassier Road upgrade

• 27-02-2023
• Highway Mail

Kassier Road is to be upgraded following the on going construction of Westown.

THE construction of the much-anticipated Westown is underway with new developments that are set to see a physical upgrade of Kassier Road. The Kassier Bypass ...

SANRAL to unlock projects worth R17 billion in eThekwini

• 27-02-2023
• Rising Sun Chatsworth

The upgrade of the N2 will focus on a 55km length, from Lovu River, on the South Coast, to Umdloti, on the North Coast. These upgrades will include the widening of the N2 carriageways, with four or five lanes in each direction, and the reconfigura...

Western Cape Human Settlements on the completion of Mitchells Plain Social housing project

• 27-02-2023
• South African Government News Agency

Mitchells Plain Social housing project nearing completion

The formalisation of Social Housing Norms & Standards could not have come at a better time for the Western Cape rental property market, as the Regent Villas Social Housing pro...

Mpumalanga invests R4b in infrastructure initiatives

• 27-02-2023
• South African Government News Agency

The Mpumalanga provincial government has set aside R4.294 billion in the 2022/23 financial year to continue with strategic infrastructure development initiatives which will unlock investment and growth.

Delivering the State of the Provin...

Efforts to boost Mpumalanga tourism sector

• 27-02-2023
• South African Government News Agency

Mpumalanga Premier Refilwe Mtshweni-Tsipane has announced interventions intended to increase tourist arrivals, both domestic and international, by augmenting natural attractions with artificial and adventurous sites.

“One of the ke...