Building & Construction News

Hope for Hammanskraal: Tshwane Mayor promises new treatment plant will bring clean water

• 15-01-2026
• Pretoria News

Hammanskraal and surrounding areas are closer to receiving reliable, clean drinking water after the City of Tshwane confirmed that the main construction phase of the long-awaited Klipdrift Package Water Treatment Plant has been technically complet...

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 collapse threatens R40m Klipkopjes Dam road repairs

• 15-01-2026
• Lowvelder

Sanrals responds to public speculation about substandard roadworks on the R40 near Klipkopjes Dam.

The newly resurfaced section of the R40, near Klipkopjes Dam, reported by Sanral to be 90% complete, is now facing another major setback.<...

N3 closed briefly for blasting between Ashburton and New England

• 15-01-2026
• The Witness

This forms as part of the of the ongoing construction between Gladys Manzi Road and New England Road Interchange.

The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has announced temporary rolling road closures to facilitate blasting next ...

‘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.