Building & Construction News

New shopping centre with a water play zone and slides in South Africa’s top security town

• 21-04-2026
• Business Tech

New shopping centre with a water play zone and slides in South Africa’s top security town

Bondev, the developer behind the successful Midstream Estate, is building a new shopping centre featuring a play area half the size of a rugb...

New R2.4 billion mega-bridge launching this week

• 21-04-2026
• Business Tech

South Africa and the Kingdom of Lesotho will officially unveil the completed Senqu Bridge this week, marking a major milestone in Phase II of the R53 billion Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP).

In a significant boost for regional int...

Johannesburg Roads Agency repairs potholes and replaces road signs across Region B

• 21-04-2026
• Randburg Sun

JRA has carried out a round of road maintenance across Region B, fixing potholes and replacing missing or damaged road signs at several locations.

Across Region B, Johannesburg Roads Agency carried out a round of road maintenance, fixing...

Court sets aside the environmental authorisation for K148 road construction.

• 21-04-2026
• Fullview

A full bench of the Johannesburg High Court has set aside two environmental authorisations granting the Gauteng provincial government permission to develop the K148 Tambo Springs access road, south of Joburg.

The case was brought by Port...

Western Cape Department of Infrastructure completes Ravensmead CDC 3 months ahead of schedule

• 20-04-2026
• Western Cape Government

Media Release by Western Cape Minister of Infrastructure Tertuis Simmers

Note to Editors: The Ravensmead CDC is not yet operational and cannot receive patients. The Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness will com...

Construction underway at Wesfleur Hospital to enhance patient flow and dignity

• 20-04-2026
• NovaNews

The construction project to upgrade the outpatient department and registry area at Wesfleur Hospital in Atlantis is now well underway, marking an important step in improving services for the local community.

The project, which began in M...

R122 million later, Ekurhuleni housing dream lies in ruins

• 20-04-2026
• The Citizen

'People need to be held accountable, so if those in higher positions of authority are not doing anything about it, then they are the problem.'

The multimillion-rand Clayville extension 45 social housing mega project in Tembisa, E...

UPDATE: R80m bridge rebuild abandoned, authorities go silent

• 20-04-2026
• Boksburg Advertiser

Nearly four years later, the metro has yet to appoint a contractor to rebuild the council-owned nearby Railway Street bridge, also damaged in the blast.

The Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa’s (Prasa) R80m project to rebuild th...

Housing committee elected as Rusthof construction begins soon

• 17-04-2026
• NovaNews

STRAND – Hope and optimism filled Strand Town Hall on Saturday (11 April) as representatives were elected to the Rusthof Housing Development’s Project Engagement Committee (PEC), with officials announcing construction beginning within ...

MMC conducts oversight visit at Standerton Mall construction site

• 17-04-2026
• Ridge Times

The estimated date of completion of the mall February 2027.

The Lekwa Municipality MMC for Planning and Economic Development, Sesana Masondo, conducted an oversight visit to the Standerton Mall construction site on April 9 to assess prog...