Building & Construction News

Stapleton Road contract terminated over failure to deliver

• 31-07-2025
• Highway Mail

The MEC says the contractor is expected to continue working until the termination process is finalised and is expected to ensure that the road is safe before moving off site.

THE KZN MEC for Transport and Human Settlements, Siboniso Duma...

KZN Transport Dept terminates agreement with multimillion-rand road construction contractor

• 31-07-2025
• Eyewitnessnews

This is after the contractor failed to meet the deadline for work on the P577-02 road between Cowie’s Hill and New Germany in Pinetown.

DURBAN - In KwaZulu-Natal, the Department of Transport has terminated its agreement with a mult...

R12 million for road projects in Driefontein and Acaciavale

• 31-07-2025
• Northern Natal News

The municipality underscored the importance of ongoing communication and community support to ensure the smooth and successful delivery of both projects, on time and to the highest of standards.

Mayor Zama Sibisi yesterday (July 29) intr...

Cape Town spent a record R9.5bn on infrastructure in 2024/25

• 31-07-2025
• Smile FM

Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis has announced that the City successfully invested R9.5 billion in infrastructure in 2024/25, an all-time record for a South African metro.

It also represents 92,3% of the City’s full-year infrastr...

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...