Building & Construction News

Motorists to plan ahead for MyCiTi roadworks on Stanhope & Imam Haron

• 29-04-2025
• Cape Town Etc

The construction work related to the roll-out of the MyCiTi bus service to Claremont is now progressing to the intersection of Stanhope and Imam Haron Roads. As from Tuesday, 29 April 2025, one lane on Imam Haron Road will be closed to traffic bet...

Health committee inspects Lusaka Clinic

• 29-04-2025
• The Citizen Online

The inspection of the clinic serves as an opportunity for the committee to assess the current state of the facility, evaluate the progress made and identify outstanding work.

On April 15, the Section 79 Health Committee, under the leader...

R9.2 Billion Road Overhaul for KZN: Upgrades, Pothole Fixes, and New Projects Ahead

• 29-04-2025
• New Castillian News

KwaZulu-Natal’s road infrastructure, grappling with potholes, flood damage, and maintenance backlogs, faces a critical juncture. On 25 April 2025, MEC for the Department of Transport, Siboniso Duma, delivered a budget policy speech outlining...

Construction of R765m Polokwane mega-hotel to start in two months

• 29-04-2025
• Polokwane Review Observer

The seven-storey development will create 3 000 jobs, which will undoubtedly boost the city's economy, Mayor John Mpe remarked.

POLOKWANE – The city will see a mega development in progress when the construction of a se...

Transport Minister reviews SANRAL projects in the Eastern Cape

• 25-04-2025
• Port Elizabeth Express

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy inspected Eastern Cape projects improving road safety and economic growth, highlighting SANRAL’s initiatives and community benefits from infrastructure investments.

Transport Minister, Barbara Cree...

Greymont bridge stuck in limbo

• 25-04-2025
• Northcliff Melville Times

A year after the promised completion dates, the Greymont Bridge remains untouched.

Repairs to the Greymont bridge, on West and 6th roads, remain stalled, nearly a year after Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) projected that construction wou...

WATCH | Pothole crisis deepens

• 25-04-2025
• The Witness

Although municipal repair teams have been spotted patching up sections of the roads as recently as last year, motorists said the fixes were short-lived.

The deteriorating state of Pietermaritzburg’s roads, riddled with craters of d...

City replaces over 20km of water and sewer pipes in February

• 25-04-2025
• Cbn

THE City of Cape Town’s Water and Sanitation Directorate successfully replaced 22 255m of water and sewer pipes in February 2025, as part of its ongoing infrastructure maintenance and upgrade programme.

These essential upgrades ens...

Thembisa housing project of R371m yet to take off

• 24-04-2025
• Kempton Express

The mismanagement of several incomplete mega-housing projects in the Ekurhuleni.

Projects launched with the promise of delivering thousands of homes to ease Ekurhuleni’s housing backlog have failed, with some sites remaining vacant...

Concerns raised over potholes riddled D1350 Road Deerpark in Tzaneen

• 24-04-2025
• Tzaneen Voice

TZANEEN-The Democratic Alliance (DA) in Limpopo has raised alarm over the deteriorating condition of the D1350 road in Deerpark, calling on Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure MEC Ernest Rachoene to urgently intervene and provide clear timeline...