Building & Construction News

Multimillion-rand road project still not finished 12 years later

• 30-07-2025
• Sowetan Live

Claims of nonpayment by subcontractors

A contractor has told of how extortionists forced him to abandon a multimillion rand road construction project after his equipment was vandalised for refusing to badge to demands for payment.

Flood damage repair progress update, Seven Passes Road and others

• 30-07-2025
• Western Cape Government

Media Release by Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers

Background

Since November 2021, the Garden Route District Municipality area has experienced repeated flooding events in...

Land row erupts over Sanral road project in Maruleng

• 30-07-2025
• Letaba Herald

A land dispute over Sanral’s road project pits the Maila-Manjana Mahlo group against the Sekororo Traditional Council.

HOEDSPRUIT – A major infrastructure development in Maruleng Local Municipality, Sanral’s Calais and ...

Sinkhole repair on Oxford and Cotswold roads delayed

• 30-07-2025
• Rosebank Killarney Gazette

Persistent hydraulic challenges delay the sinkhole repair on Oxford and Cotswold roads.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency’s (JRA) sinkhole repair on Oxford and Cotswold roads in Saxonwold continues to be delayed due to hydraulic challe...

Only R23 Million Spent, Not R214 Million: Free State Roads Department Refutes R709 Road Project Fraud Claims by City Press, Insists Road Work is Advancing

• 29-07-2025
• Central News

In a fiery statement released on Monday, 28 July 2025, the Free State Department of Community Safety, Roads and Transport has strongly denied allegations of fraud and abandonment in the R709 road rehabilitation project between Tweespruit and Excel...

ABOUT R270 MILLION SET ASIDE TO FIX ROADS, STORMWATER DRAINAGES AND BRIDGES

• 29-07-2025
• City of Ekurhuleni

The City of Ekurhuleni has set aside R275 million for urgent maintenance of roads, stormwater drainages, road signage and bridges in the current budget for 2025/26 financial year.

This allocation is crucial to make progress in road maint...

Good progress being made on Louis Fourie Road upgrade

• 29-07-2025
• Western Cape Government

The Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (DOI) and its appointed professional team are making good progress on Contract C0964.02, the upgrading of Louis Fourie Road in Mossel Bay. This R520 million project is the largest provincial government...

Progress accelerates on K50 upgrade despite public doubts

• 29-07-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

Work on the R517-million K50 Garstfontein Road upgrade in the east of Pretoria has surpassed 24% completion, with key road sections, stormwater networks, and spruit crossings under construction despite concerns from residents.

The Gauten...

R89m Utrecht Wastewater Project: Promises of Sustainability Amid Procurement Disputes

• 28-07-2025
• New Castillian News

An R89 million investment is being channeled into Utrecht, KwaZulu-Natal to address critical wastewater management needs, aiming to enhance environmental sustainability and improve community well-being. However, uncertainties surrounding the proje...

Premier Winde and Minister Simmers launch largest inner-city housing development in Cape Town

• 28-07-2025
• Cape Business News

On Friday, 25 July 2025, Premier, Alan Winde, and Western Cape Minster of Infrastructure, Tertuis Simmers, unveiled the Founders Garden inner-city, mixed-use, affordable housing development in the Cape Town metro.

This development is the...