Building & Construction News

Municipality rolls out intensive service delivery programme in Swaneville

• 15-01-2026
• Krugersdorp News

Mogale City Local Municipality and the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport launch a two-week programme delivering urgent services directly to Swaneville residents.

A service delivery intervention was launched in Swaneville on J...

‘New’ Sanral policy on rest and service facilities declared unlawful

• 14-01-2026
• Moneyweb

Roads agency unilaterally hiked the percentage-of-turnover levies paid by developers of these areas, with no clarity as to when this happened.

A decision to adopt and retrospectively apply a new policy on rest and service facilities on n...

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...

Flawless, on-time silo repairs across multiple sites

• 14-01-2026
• The Content Engine

Citi-Con has again sealed the deal, successfully completing technically complex silo bin repairs to the most stringent design and performance specifications for a leading steward of raw materials for food production.

Based on the project...

Motorists frustrated as Vryheid roads continue to deteriorate

• 14-01-2026
• Northern Natal News

Vryheid motorists and residents grow increasingly frustrated as potholes worsen despite municipal repair efforts.

Road conditions in and around Vryheid have continued to deteriorate over the past few months, with motorists and residents ...

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...