Building & Construction News

Major roadworks to affect N1 between Pretoria and Limpopo: What you need to know

• 27-08-2025
• The Citizen Online

Another road maintenance project will affect route to border.

Bakwena N1N4 has announced its upcoming road maintenance and rehabilitation projects on the N1 route.

Two new major rehabilitation projects have been awarded for sec...

Empangeni’s Prince Buthelezi Mall Under Construction

• 27-08-2025
• Infrastructure News

Construction on the Prince Buthelezi Mall in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, is underway. Designed by MDS Architecture, it is transforming a former sugar cane field into a convenient retail destination.

The project, a joint investment by Moolm...

A decade and millions of rands later, Eastern Cape community centre still incomplete

• 27-08-2025
• Ground Up

Tsomo multi-purpose facility was meant to take nine months to build

Construction of a multi-purpose centre in Tsomo started in January 2015. It is still unfinished. Photos: Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik

Construction of a cultural, sp...

Tests validate SCP’s ability to improve concrete durability

• 27-08-2025
• The Content Engine

Innovative SprayLock Concrete Protection (SCP) technology provides a reliable and quantifiable improvement in the service life and structural integrity of concrete infrastructure, according to the latest tests undertaken by an independent South Af...

Work underway at Sebokeng DLTC and Vereeniging taxi rank

• 26-08-2025
• The Citizen Online

The Vereeniging Taxi Rank is set for a significant transformation with a complete rebuild.

SEBOKENG.- The R120 million Sebokeng Driving License Testing Centre’s (DLTC) project is underway.

This was revealed to Sedibeng St...

Completion of seven Gauteng secondary schools nowhere in sight

• 26-08-2025
• Sowetan Live

Pupils at the embattled Simunye Secondary School in Westonaria may have to wait until the end of the year to move into their new school as its construction, which started four years ago, continues to be stalled. 

Simunye is one of s...

Call for temporary road markings on Lynnwood stretch

• 26-08-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

Confusion and near-collisions mount as resurfaced roads remain unmarked.

East motorists are demanding that the Tshwane metro urgently put down temporary road markings on recently resurfaced stretches of Lynnwood Road and surrounding inte...

Limpopo pumps R100 million more to a stalled R400 million road project

• 26-08-2025
• The Citizen

Three years after the last contractor left with 5.5km still to complete, a road project has been rejuvenated.

Despite it often being seen as the second poorest province in the country after the Eastern Cape, the Limpopo provincial go...

Construction of new state-of-the-art Rotara School near Carletonville ahead of schedule

• 25-08-2025
• The Citizen Online

The modern facility will feature 21 buildings, a 3 000 m² hall, a therapy centre with a heated pool, reinforced foundations to withstand sinkholes, and cutting-edge security to ensure the safety of its learners.

Construction of the ...

Women graduate Tjeka plumbing course with flying colours

• 25-08-2025
• The Content Engine

A total of 36 women completed Tjeka Training Matters’ (Tjeka) high-impact Construction Education and Training Authority-registered three-month plumbing skills programme with flying colours in August, which is also a month that to the nation ...