Building & Construction News

Shack-dwellers to get new homes in Sheffield low-cost housing development

• 08-05-2025
• North Coast Courier

Taffeni residents secure their place in Sheffield as environmental approvals begin for long-awaited low-income housing development.

A long-awaited social housing project in Sheffield, set to deliver up to 723 homes, is moving ahead after...

Road upgrades underway in Kruger Lowveld

• 08-05-2025
• Travel News

Several key roads in Mpumalanga’s Kruger Lowveld region are being upgraded following the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) takeover of important provincial routes. The move is expected to significantly improve access and safety in...

Parts of NMB to experience water disruptions due to repairs to Sundays River Canal

• 08-05-2025
• Algoa FM

Certain communities in Nelson Mandela Bay could be without water for several days while the Department of Water and Sanitation carries out much-needed upgrades to the Sundays River Canal.

This is after the canal was damaged in 2017 and a...

New Provincial Roads Model to improve and accelerate delivery in the Western Cape

• 08-05-2025
• Cbn

WESTERN Cape Government Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers and officials of the department are travelling across the province, to present the New Provincial Road Delivery Model to district municipalities.

Engagements started in ...

Pipe repairs cause partial water disruption in Sandton

• 07-05-2025
• Sandton Chronicle

Johannesburg Water urges residents to steer clear of the active construction zone and promises progress as pipe repairs resume on Pretoria Avenue.

Johannesburg Water (JW) confirmed that the Illovo Reservoir and Illovo Tower systems on Pr...

Covid-19 blamed as Mpumalanga public school construction costs near R1bn

• 07-05-2025
• Sunday World

The Mpumalanga public works department has blamed Covid-19, bad weather, and subcontracting disruptions for the massive delays and spiralling costs of the scandal-ridden Mkhondo Boarding School project — now pegged at over R700-million.

Contractor halts R500m road project as broke KZN Transport fails to pay

• 07-05-2025
• Sunday World

The long-awaited half a billion rands road expansion between Thula Thula and Empangeni in northern KwaZulu-Natal has been indefinitely halted after the Provincial Department of Transport, led by MEC Siboniso Duma, failed to pay the contractor.&nbs...

Contractors delaying KZN road projects face the axe

• 07-05-2025
• The Witness

The department has set firm deadlines for contractors nearing completion, warning that failure to meet new timelines will result in the termination of their contracts.

The KZN Transport Department has pledged to crack down on contractors...

Renewed concern over crumbling Jim Fouché Street bridge

• 06-05-2025
• Vaal Weekblad

Residents of Meyerton are concerned about further deterioration of the Jim Fouché Street bridge.

MEYERTON – Concerns about the structural integrity of the Jim Fouché bridge in Meyerton have resurfaced, following the r...

Seaton Interchange breaks ground

• 06-05-2025
• Rising Sun Chatsworth

The Seaton Interchange, a long-anticipated development, will introduce a new south-facing on- and off-ramp to the N2, alleviating congestion, improving traffic flow, and providing seamless access to Seaton Estate, Lalela Estate, and surrounding de...