Building & Construction News

Modderfontein Road Bridge delays frustrate residents and businesses

• 12-08-2026
• Bedfordview and Edenvale News

Long-running construction delays at the Modderfontein Road Bridge are causing severe traffic congestion and financial losses for nearby businesses, with residents frustrated by the lack of progress.

Continued construction delays on t...

Finding South Africa’s grey women and then developing them

• 12-08-2026
• The Content Engine

Some of the women who could shape South Africa’s future are not yet visible. They are quiet, hesitant and often overlooked because they have never been given the confidence, skills or opportunity to show what they can do. After 28 years at T...

Breaking barriers and building futures

• 12-08-2026
• The Content Engine

Vashnee Naicker's vision for women in engineering

“The challenges facing our country, from infrastructure development to industrial growth and sustainability, require diverse perspectives, innovative thinki...

Public Works Dept seeks more than R53bn funding for major infrastructure projects

• 12-08-2026
• Eyewitnessnews

The projects span housing, aviation, bulk water and energy infrastructure and have been pitched to local and international development finance institutions and multilateral development banks.  

The Department of Public Works and Inf...

Temporary road closures on the N3 to facilitate construction of the new Blackburrow Road overpass bridge.

• 11-08-2026
• Stop Over

ietermaritzburg, 7 August 2026 – The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) advises motorists of temporary closures of the N3 for the placement of staging for the new Blackburrow Road overpass bridge construction.

Preparing women to lead, building businesses to last

• 11-08-2026
• The Content Engine

“Diversity in demographics also promotes diversity of thought.” 

For Dr Zoliswa Tshetshe, Executive Chairman of M&D Construction Group, those words capture one of the greatest opportunities facing South African busin...

Parliament reconstruction on track for completion in 2027 within R 4.6bn budget

• 11-08-2026
• Eyewitnessnews

On Friday, Parliamentarians were taken on a site visit of the new National Assembly building for a first-hand inspection of the new chamber that will be able to accommodate 1200 people. 

The DBSA says the reconstruction of Parliamen...

Sanral to rehabilitate key roads in Pietermaritzburg

• 11-08-2026
• The Witness

Among the roads earmarked for rehabilitation are CB Downes, Market and Cleland roads, all of which experience increased traffic volumes during N3 closures

Roads across Pietermaritzburg that have carried the burden of traffic diverted fro...

Duinefontein Bridge reaches major MyCiTi construction milestone

• 07-08-2026
• Cape Town Etc

Cape Town’s ambitious MyCiTi Phase 2A rollout has reached another significant milestone after construction teams completed the installation of the massive bridge beams that will form part of the new Duinefontein Bridge.

The complex...

South Africa resuming R339 million road project two years after it was abandoned

• 07-08-2026
• Top Auto

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (SANRAL) will resume construction of the over 20km stretch of the R510 national road in Limpopo later this year.

Once work resumes in October, it will have been two years since the previous...