Building & Construction News

Affordable housing in Cape Town at last?

• 27-11-2025
• Financialmail

A planned mixed-use project in a prime location offers the possibility of new homes for lower-income families

Cape Town is opening a door, if ever so slightly, to a small part of the city’s prime real estate for people of modest me...

Kommetjie Road upgrades enters home stretch with holiday season construction

• 27-11-2025
• People's Post

CAPE TOWN – The City of Cape Town’s long-awaited Kommetjie Road upgrades are entering their final phase, with completion targeted for 31 December this year.

The project, which started on Monday 24 March, has experienced unfor...

KwaZulu-Natal’s construction tenders rebound to R16bn amid infrastructure backlog

• 27-11-2025
• Property Wheel

KwaZulu-Natal remains one of SA’s most strategically important yet structurally constrained construction markets, grappling with the long-term impact of flood damage worth up to R30 billion, inadequate disaster funding, and a decade-long dec...

City seeking interdict against extortionists at MyCiTi Spine Road Depots

• 27-11-2025
• Cbn

The City of Cape Town’s Urban Mobility Directorate is seeking an urgent interdict against a group of individuals attempting to force out the legally appointed security services provider at the new MyCiTi Spine Road depots and replace them wi...

Potholes surge hits Ekurhuleni: Here’s the plan

• 26-11-2025
• Benoni City Times

The worsening road conditions have raised questions about the metro’s readiness to manage weather-related road defects across the city.

Recent heavy rains have left key routes and neighbourhood streets across the City of Ekurhuleni...

Kempton Park Swimming Pool revamp progresses after five-year closure

• 26-11-2025
• Kempton Express

The long-closed Kempton Park Swimming Pool is finally undergoing major upgrades, with Phase 1 expected to be completed by the end of December and the facility edging closer to reopening.

After more than five years out of service, the Kem...

Attacq’s Waterfall Aspire sells 60% of units before construction

• 26-11-2025
• Business Day

Strong demand reflects growing appetite for luxury living

Attacq’s residential development project in Waterfall City, Aspire, has recorded strong sales, with 131 units sold off plan — more than 60% of those on the market.

Two new Eskom-free car charging stations begin construction

• 26-11-2025
• My Broadband

Electric vehicle (EV) charging point operator (CPO) Zero Carbon Charge has broken ground on two more fully off-grid stations in South Africa.

The Charge N3 Roadside and Charge N3 Tugela stations will be located 180km apart on the N3 betw...

Gauteng launches major road maintenance drive in Mogale City

• 25-11-2025
• The Citizen Online

The initiative forms part of a wider provincial campaign to rehabilitate key routes and enhance mobility across Gauteng.

Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Kedibone Diale-Tlabela, today launched a major road maintenance activation in M...

Somerset Mall Expansion: Building Scale, Sharpening Focus

• 25-11-2025
• Lifestyle & Tech

Construction may be underway, but Somerset Mall hasn’t missed a beat. The major expansion project in progress is perhaps most notable for what customers won’t see: no closed entrances, no disrupted parking, and no compromise to the sho...