Building & Construction News

R32 Million Vanishes Into A Jozi Pothole, With Road Upgrade ‘Existing Only On Google Maps’

• 13-06-2025
• 2OceansVibe

Despite millions spent and promises made, Evaton Road remains a muddy mess and residents say the only upgrade was in fiction.

R32 million. That’s the eye-watering figure Gauteng’s roads and transport department swears it pour...

A private hospital for Hartbeespoort

• 13-06-2025
• Kormorant

The sod-turning ceremony for the long-awaited Hartbeespoort Private Hospital took place on Wednesday.

Construction of the R450 million hospital, on the R511 at the Xanadu Eco Estate and Jasmyn crossing, will start soon and it is estimate...

Shame, Developers Scrapped That R1.2 Billion ‘Biophilic’ Fynbos Project In Cape Town

• 13-06-2025
• 2 Oceans Vibe News

What was meant to be Cape Town’s leafy architectural showpiece has been uprooted, and now the soil’s being turned for a totally new vision.

Well, that didn’t go as planned.

The much-hyped Fynbos development in...

Update: JRA admits pothole challenges, but Broadacres resident says action is missing

• 13-06-2025
• Fourways Review

Khaya Gqibitole from the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) confirmed that Pine Road is scheduled for resurfacing this financial year. He said JRA was addressing road damage caused by heavy rainfall through the installation of subsoil drainage system...

Watch: Mayor pleased with progress on water project

• 12-06-2025
• Highway Mail

Once completed, the R1.2b Southern Aqueduct will improve water supply in Umlazi, Queensburgh, Chatsworth and surrounding areas.

ETHEKWINI Mayor Cyril Xaba has expressed satisfaction with the progress of a water project which, once comple...

DWS Sets A Revised Completion Timeline For Raising Of The Tzaneen Dam Wall Project In Limpopo

• 12-06-2025
• Infrastructure News

The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has revised a completion date for the raising of Tzaneen Dam Wall project which was scheduled to be completed in March this year. The overall progress of the project is now 46% complete and the revised ...

Harbour development for KZN South Coast on the cards

• 12-06-2025
• Freight News

Scottburgh and Hibberdene in the Ray Nkonyeni Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) have been confirmed as possible sites designated for small harbour development along the KZN coastline.

Altogether eight other sites are included in the sa...

R87m Sebokeng DLTC still incomplete ten years after starting construction

• 12-06-2025
• Eyewitnessnews

Construction of the Sebokeng DLTC began in 2015, with its completion initially planned for the following year.

JOHANNESBURG - It’s been ten years since the Gauteng government began constructing a Driving Licence Testing Centre (DLT...

Welverdiend residents appeal for help to repair deteriorating roads

• 11-06-2025
• The Citizen Online

The Welverdiend community is stepping up where government has failed.

A group of concerned residents in Welverdiend is appealing for assistance after taking it upon themselves to repair the town’s severely damaged roads.

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More than 500 potholes on one kilometre stretch of KZN road

• 11-06-2025
• Zululand Observer

Urgent call for provincial government to repair pothole-riddled R69 road linking Vryheid, Louwsburg and Pongola

KZN’s R69 linking Vryheid, Louwsburg and Pongola has been described as a death trap, reportedly with more than 500 poth...