Building & Construction News

Councillor Chris Santana slams JRA over short-term road repairs in Khyber Rock

• 20-08-2025
• The Citizen Online

Ward 106 councillor Chris Santana says skin patching at Althea Avenue & Lincoln Street won’t prevent future damage without a long-term maintenance strategy.

After more than 18 months of increasing road damage and growing public...

Bayhead Road upgrade advances to boost Durban port efficiency

• 20-08-2025
• Bizcommunity.com

The Bayhead Road Rehabilitation Project, a key infrastructure upgrade at the Port of Durban, is progressing on schedule as the Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) moves from Phase 1 into Phase 2 of construction. The works aim to improve port ...

Midrand depot upgrade set to boost waste services and community safety

• 20-08-2025
• Midrand Reporter

Construction work at the Pikitup Midrand depot in Rabie Ridge is gaining momentum, with JDA leading a major upgrade aimed at improving waste services, strengthening security, and creating local job opportunities.

Johannesburg Development...

Gauteng’s Sebokeng DLTC Remains a White Elephant After Decade of Delays, Now Needs Extra R138 Million to Complete

• 19-08-2025
• Central News

Gauteng’s Sebokeng DLTC Remains a White Elephant After Decade of Delays, Now Needs Extra R138 Million to Complete

• Project History and Escalating Costs
• Vandalism Despite Heavy Security Spending
• MEC Kedi...
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R125m and three contractors later, still no water for Eastern Cape villages

• 19-08-2025
• Moneyweb

The Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo was meant to be completed in 2022.

Onto its third contractor and R125-million later, the Ngqamakwe water scheme in Tsomo, Eastern Cape, remains unfinished.

It was meant to be completed in 202...

New toll plaza planned for one of South Africa’s most critical routes

• 19-08-2025
• Business Tech

The Department of Transport has proposed building a new toll plaza near the busiest border crossing in the country—the Beitbridge Border Post connecting South Africa to Zimbabwe.

The department has gazetted the proposal for public ...

Unanswered questions linger as Cedar and Uranium roads continue to crumble

• 19-08-2025
• Fourways Review

Why do potholes on Cedar and Uranium roads keep coming back? Residents say taxpayers deserve transparency and durable repairs.

Frustrated Broadacres residents are still waiting for answers from Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) and the Gau...

School building projects across Gauteng grind to a halt

• 18-08-2025
• Sunday World

At least seven school infrastructure projects in Gauteng worth over R900-million have stalled, with “major shortcomings by contractors” being the most cited reason for delays.

Four of these projects date back to 2021, and the...

Msunduzi intensifies road repairs as part of service delivery drive

• 18-08-2025
• The Witness

Mayor Mzimkhulu Thebolla said the repairs formed part of a broader plan to improve roads leading to commercial hubs.

Road rehabilitation in Msunduzi has gathered pace, with construction vehicles at work and new tar laid across key routes...

Umzumbe residents cough up R150k for road construction

• 18-08-2025
• South Coast Herald

Many have used their pensions to contribute to the building of the road.

Residents of Mabheleni in the KwaNcazolo area have come together to fix a road, a long-standing frustration that has made the neighbourhood inaccessible.

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