Building & Construction News

R22m road upgrade in Wesselton continues amid delays

• 23-10-2025
• Highvelder News

Wesselton’s road rehabilitation drags on months after the last municipal update, leaving residents frustrated by closures and detours.

WESSELTON – Rehabilitation of Magwaza, Mabilisa and Mabuza streets remains ongoing nearly ...

Fight over tourism development in the Cederberg

• 23-10-2025
• Moneyweb

Trekkloof farm owner Anton Kok started building without plans or environmental authorisation.

For the past three years, tensions have been rising over the construction of a large tourism facility on Trekkloof farm in the heart of the...

South Africa's Transnet plans $7bn of infrastructure upgrades

• 23-10-2025
• Bizcommunity.com

South Africa's state-owned freight and logistics company Transnet plans to invest R127bn ($7.3bn) over five years in modernising rail lines and upgrading ports, its chief executive Michelle Phillips said on Tuesday, 21 October 2025.

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Transnet breaks ground on Latimer’s Landing project

• 23-10-2025
• Freight News

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has broken ground on the R147 million Latimer’s Landing project at the Port of East London.

TNPA said on Tuesday that the revitalisation of the quay structure marked a significant step in th...

Growthpoint takes stake in 5MW hydro power station

• 22-10-2025
• Moneyweb

JSE-listed property group Growthpoint has acquired a 30% stake in the 5MW Boston Hydro power plant situated near Clarens in the Free State.

This follows its earlier signing of a power purchase agreement (PPA) with licensed elect...

KZN municipality battles skills shortage as water infrastructure collapses

• 22-10-2025
• Ground Up

uMzinyathi District Municipality does not have enough skilled employees to maintain its water infrastructure, according to Mayor Thembisile Mchunu.

Earlier this month, GroundUp reported on the daily fight for water endured by r...

New shopping mall coming to Cape Town

• 22-10-2025
• Daily Investor

A new shopping centre development, Saxdowne Shopping Centre, is currently being built at the high-traffic intersection of Stellenbosch Arterial and Saxdowne Roads in Cape Town.

Saxdowne Shopping Centre is a 6,000 m² retail centre th...

SA to Build 5 200 MW of New Nuclear Power as Part of R2.2 Trillion Energy Master Plan

• 21-10-2025
• Central News

South Africa is gearing up for a massive push in nuclear energy as part of its new Integrated Resource Plan for 2025. Minister of Electricity and Energy Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa has made it clear that the focus goes beyond just making electricity ...

Ottery’s road upgrade nears completion

• 21-10-2025
• Cape Town Etc

Significant infrastructure improvements are underway along Plantation Road between Wetton and Ferness Roads, with the City of Cape Town’s road resurfacing project scheduled for completion by late November.

The comprehensive upgrade...

October Transport Month: Good progress on the periodic maintenance of Du Toitskloof Pass

• 21-10-2025
• Western Cape Government

Media Release by Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers 

Good progress is being made on a R138 million Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (DOI) project to undertake periodic maintenance on a ...