Building & Construction News

Tjeka Empowers Toekomsrus Youth Brick by Brick

• 14-01-2026
• The Content Engine

Tjeka Training Matters has already helped the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) equip many unemployed adults from poorer communities with the skills they need to find gainful employment in the building industry. This programme will continue un...

Pothole patching on Inanda Road gets underway

• 13-01-2026
• Highway Mail

The ratepayer's association says a tarmac was removed from a large part of the road and may have been the cause of a collision.

THE patching of potholes on Inanda Road got underway last week after residents had eagerly been waiting f...

Social housing set to be built at Salt River Market this year

• 13-01-2026
• Ground Up

Funding is secured, but about 50 families living in an informal settlement still need to be relocated

The long-awaited social housing development at Salt River Market is scheduled to commence construction in August/September 2026.

Temporary bypass under construction on the R533 between Graskop and Bushbuckridge

• 13-01-2026
• Lowvelder

The R533 was closed due to damage by recent heavy rains in the Lowveld region.

The Mpumalanga Department of Public Works, Roads and Transport (DPWRT) has confirmed that a temporary bypass is currently under construction on the R533 betwe...

Plans for 10ha pet park near Boksburg Stadium in the pipeline

• 13-01-2026
• Boksburg Advertiser

Construction is expected to begin immediately after receiving municipal approval.

A new pet park in Boksburg could soon become a reality following the submission of plans to redevelop more than 10ha of underused, council-owned green spac...

WATCH: Pothole City: Brackendowns resident upset over declining road infrastructure

• 12-01-2026
• Alberton Record

The Alberton Record was taken through Neville and Marilyn Streets, in Brackendowns, as examples of the suburb’s deteriorating road infrastructure.

Residents of Brackendowns, in Alberton, are growing increasingly frustrated as potho...

Golden Acre entering her next era

• 12-01-2026
• Mail & Guardiam

Cape Town has a knack for reinventing familiar buildings. Whether it’s heritage conversions or office-to-residential projects, I am obsessed with how the city transforms the narrative of concrete. 

Recently, I tweeted about th...

South Africa’s wind energy boom faces major skills shortage as 44GW target looms

• 12-01-2026
• Cape Business News

SOUTH Africa’s renewable energy transition is gaining momentum, but a critical challenge is emerging: whether the country can develop enough skilled workers to build, operate and maintain the next wave of large-scale wind projects.

Cape Town Infrastructure Vision 2026: R120 billion industrial boom

• 12-01-2026
• Cbn

AS Cape Town enters 2026 on the back of record-breaking infrastructure spending in 2025, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis is making an audacious pitch: the Mother City is where Africa’s next manufacturing boom begins.

Cape Town has set a r...

Upper Highway residents to meet over Inanda Rd

• 09-01-2026
• Highway Mail

The areas' ratepayers' association says potholes on the road have worsened whilst a rehabilitation project is yet to commence.

UPPER Highway residents are planning an urgent meeting for Saturday, January 10, to discuss the po...