Building & Construction News

100-year-old Flagstaff school is falling apart

• 06-06-2025
• Eyewitnessnews

In 2013 the Flagstaff Comprehensive High School was promised a share of a R195 million project. But nothing happened

Flagstaff Comprehensive High School in Dlibona village in the Eastern Cape, built more than 100 years ago by the communi...

New contractor to be appointed for Chantelle Housing Project

• 06-06-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

Tshwane says the original contractor failed to meet key milestones despite multiple attempts to resolve the issues through the project’s principal agent.

The Chantelle social housing project is no longer expected to experience dela...

Leratong City’s journey begins

• 06-06-2025
• Property Wheel

The journey to the Leratong City nodal development has begun with its recent sod turning ceremony.

A partnership between the Gauteng government, Mogale City Local Municipality, and Trendville, plans for the mixed-use developmen...

D500 road upgrade brings some relief to three Vhembe villages

• 06-06-2025
• Zoutnet

Limpopo MEC for Public Works, Roads and Infrastructure Ernest Rachoene visited the D500 road on Wednesday, 29 May. The department is rehabilitating the 12km gravel road that links Tshiendeulu, Mazwimba and Maname.

The road had long been ...

Residents, govt hit brick wall over growing sinkhole on busy road

• 05-06-2025
• Sowetan Live

A growing sinkhole on a key provincial road connecting Gauteng and the North West has sparked frustration among residents and local businesses who say the Gauteng department of roads and transport is moving too slowly to fix the problem. 

Port of Durban’s Bayhead Road upgrade gets under way

• 05-06-2025
• Freight News

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) started its critical six-month rehabilitation work on Bayhead Road in the Port of Durban this week.

The project aims to reduce congestion, improve road safety, and support seamless cargo movement ...

Specialist concrete repair and protection for silo repair

• 05-06-2025
• The Content Engine

Citi-Con’s specialist concrete repair capabilities are being harnessed by a leading agricultural company to refurbish its silos at three sites. Their useable lives are also being extended, a critical intervention considering the strategic na...

No sight of brick-and-mortar classrooms at Noordwyk Primary School

• 05-06-2025
• Midrand Reporter

The school's SGB chairperson, Donald Mathebula, believes the use of container classrooms affect the process of teaching and learning.

The school governing body (SGB) at Noordwyk Primary School is raising concerns over the continued u...

South Africa is getting a new university school of medicine

• 04-06-2025
• Business Tech

North-West University has started construction on the Desmond Tutu School of Medicine to address the country’s shortage of medical professionals.

The school’s Principal and Vice-Chancellor, Prof Bismark Tyobeka, turned the fi...

Extended roadworks to impact R25 traffic for 10 MONTHS

• 04-06-2025
• Kempton Express

Planning to travel along the R25? Long-term lane closures are coming to this key stretch of Modderfontein Road from June 9.

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has issued a public notice announcing scheduled lane closures along...