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 Ward 35 councillor Bradley Singh at the Umhlanga Waste Water Treatment Works earlier this year, ahead of the refurbishment.

Contractor downs tools at uMhlanga plant

  • 10-12-2025
  • Northglen News

Work at the uMhlanga Wastewater Treatment Works has stalled over alleged non-payment, sparking warnings of public health disaster.

WORK at the uMhlanga Wastewater Treatment Works has ground to a halt after the main contractor downed tool...

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 Johannesburg’s High Court precinct

Reimagining Johannesburg’s High Court precinct

  • 10-12-2025
  • Joburg.org.za

The Johannesburg Development Agency (JDA), on behalf of the City of Johannesburg, has begun implementing the High Court Precinct Public Environment Upgrade (PEU) Project — a major initiative to transform the public environment around the Joh...

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Cape Winelands Airport has selected WBHO as the contracting partner

South African construction giant chosen to build Cape Town’s new international airport

  • 10-12-2025
  • Daily Investor

Cape Winelands Airport has selected WBHO as the contracting partner for the technical development and construction of the airport.

This forms part of the airport’s multibillion-rand expansion programme, with the aim of welcoming tr...

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Spine Road LSDF

Approved LSDF for Spine Road Corridor targets housing, mobility, and trading

  • 10-12-2025
  • Property Wheel

The local spatial development framework (LSDF) for the Spine Road Development Corridor in Khayelitsha has been approved.

Spine Road is a major urban axis extending approximately 12 kilometres in the heart of Khayelitsha, beginning at the...

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A view of the newly revamped Marina Glen recreation precinct along East London’s beachfront, popularly known as Ebuhlanti.

Ebuhlanti ready for festive season after R31.6m upgrade

  • 09-12-2025
  • Daily Dispatch

Braaimasters welcome opening of Marina Glen precinct after delays and budget escalations

The long-awaited and controversial Marina Glen redevelopment project is finally complete, ending months of construction, delays and anticipation fro...

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The new Makhanda Skills Development Centre in the Sarah Baartman district municipality

New R49m skills centre part of building an Eastern Cape that works

  • 09-12-2025
  • The Herald

The seventh administration has identified infrastructure development as a key catalyst for strategic and inclusive economic development, a pillar upon which we must transform the socioeconomic conditions of the citizens.

In the Eastern C...

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Community members in the Zithobeni township, Bronkhorstspruit, protesting foreign-owned spaza shops in the area following the hospitalisation of seven pupils at the Mshuluzane Primary School after experiencing stomach cramps.

Bronkhorstspruit hostel demolition paves way for new family housing

  • 09-12-2025
  • Eyewitnessnews

Member of the Mayoral Committee (MMC) for human settlements in Pretoria, Aaron Maluleka, said all 87 families who have been living in the building will be provided with alternate accommodation in the area.

The dilapidated Zithobeni Hoste...

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A massive sinkhole destroyed the road surface on the R500.

Warning: Motorists urged to avoid R500 as massive sinkhole forces road closure [PICTURES]

  • 09-12-2025
  • The Citizen

The R500 is not safe for motorists to travel on.

The Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport has urged motorists to avoid the R500 Road near Carletonville in the West Rand after a massive sinkhole destroyed the road surface.

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This mini fresh food and craft market in Hankey, Eastern Cape, was never completed.

Kouga’s failed R1.4-million mini market project

  • 08-12-2025
  • Ground Up

A mini fresh food and craft market for Hankey never opened

Abandoned, dilapidated brick structures surrounded by a concrete palisade fence, covered in litter, and built beneath Eskom power lines are one of several eyesores in the Eastern...

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Why Cape Town leads pack in residential construction trends

  • 08-12-2025
  • Sunday World

South Africa’s construction sector is undergoing a significant transformation, with metropolitan municipalities increasingly favouring the development of free-standing homes over flats in the past decade. According to Momentum Investment&rsq...

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