Building & Construction News

Free State plans to spend R1.8bn fixing roads

• 31-03-2023
• Business Live

Province’s new roads and transport MEC pledges to oversee the work and ensure it is up to standard

The Free State plans to spend R1.8bn on repairing the province’s crumbling, roads that are hampering business and agriculture ...

German firm starts R200m wind project in SA

• 31-03-2023
• ITWeb

Juwi Renewable Energies, a Germany-based solar, wind and hybrid project developer, today announced the 84MW Wolf Wind Project in the Eastern Cape has reached financial close.

In a statement, the firm says exploding public and private dem...

Bophelong clinic to inject life into Doornkop

• 31-03-2023
• Joburg.org.za

The R66-million-rand Bophelong clinic in Doornkop is expected to inject new life into the Region C community following its official opening by the Executive Mayor, Cllr Thapelo Amad.The primary healthcare facility will offer a full basket of high-...

Exemplar reopens the final phase of Edendale Mall

• 31-03-2023
• Property Wheel

Edendale Mall’s third and final phase has reopened for trade following its severe damage during the riots in July 2021. Owned by rural and township retail specialists, Exemplar REITail, the mall is located in Plessislaer in Pietermaritzburg ...

National SAPS delegation team hands over construction site for the new Makhaza police station

• 30-03-2023
• IOL

Cape Town - The community of Makhaza have yet to welcome their “temporary” police station following a successful site handover by police to the appointed construction company.

The fabricated steel manufacturing company is exp...

Ballito residents blame developer for ‘shoddy’ houses

• 30-03-2023
• IOL

Durban - Homeowners in Manor Estate in Ballito have accused a property developer of building without the approved plans and rendering units that they claim are of substandard quality.

The estate, which has units that sell from R1.2mi...

Flushing the biggest water hog in the building

• 30-03-2023
• The Content Engine

Non-sewered sanitation (NSS) technologies are not only a feasible solution for poor areas of the country that lack basic services. It is illogical that South African homes in the urban areas use up to 12l of potable water just to flush their toile...

oThongathi Mall to open this week, ten years after construction collapse

• 29-03-2023
• North Coast Courier

General manager Dylan Niemann gave the assurance that all relevant safety checks had been done to ensure shoppers' safety.

A decade after its collapse caused national headlines, the oThongathi Mall is finally ready to open its do...

Port St Johns floods: govt begins construction of temporary shelter - Ramaphosa

• 29-03-2023
• Eyewitnessnews

During his visit to affected areas in the Eastern Cape region on Tuesday, the president assured residents that government would not waste any time to respond to the community’s needs.

PORT ST JOHNS - President Cyril Ramaphosa s...

CTICC expansion expected to be complete by June

• 29-03-2023
• Eyewitnessnews

The City of Cape Town said that it was critical work as the venue is set to host more than 400 events this year.

CAPE TOWN - Construction to expand the Cape Town International Convention Centre is on track to be completed by June.