Building & Construction News

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 ...

Multi-million bulk upgrade projects to boost water and sewerage services in north

• 25-08-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

Upgrade projects are underway to address backlogs for the residents in regions 1 and 3, with completion scheduled for January 2028.

The residents of Winterveldt and Andeon Ext 37 are set to benefit from bulk water and sewer projects whic...

GGM under fire for building stalls over water pipeline

• 25-08-2025
• Letaba Herald

The EFF in Giyani warns that new municipal market stalls may be built over a main water pipeline, raising safety and planning concerns.

LIMPOPO – The EFF in Giyani alleges that the Greater Giyani Municipality’s market stalls ...

Durban road upgrades likely to disrupt traffic

• 22-08-2025
• Freight News

Construction on the M13 Highway and the Essex Terrace Interchange in Westville, Durban, is currently under way.

According to the eThekwini Transport Authority, traffic flow on the highway has been changed and will remain in effect for th...