Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia De Lille is cracking the whip on corruption in her department. She’s reportedly instructed her officials to open fraud charges following inflated invoices from service providers. Source:...
Armed gangs are increasingly invading construction sites across the country, harassing workers and threatening violence unless their employment demands are met. Databuild CEO Morag Evans believes that unless contractors take a firm stand against...
Construction of a ‘safe, walkable’ R14 billion Cape Town development is due to begin in the first quarter 2020. The Harbour Arch, found in Cape Town’s Foreshore, is due to be built by Amdec Group, the same company which built parts of...
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille has requested that the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) resubmit a report containing industry views on issues faced by the industry and recommendations on how to solve those...
The Gauteng Government has been allocated an additional R443million taking the initial budget up to 139.9billion for the 2019/20 financial year. Most of the additional budget will be spent on fixing and maintaining infrastructure. That is according...
The Global Infrastructure Hub (GI Hub), a G20 initiative, has launched the first international competition designed to disrupt the infrastructure industry through new digitally-driven solutions. InfraChallenge invites applicants from around the...
Infrastructure development and Energy security was one of many topics explored at this year’s SA Investments Conference. With cabinet ministers Tito Mboweni and Pravin Gordhan, along with other industry experts, taking part in a discussion about...
President Cyril Ramaphosa’s infrastructure fund, which was first introduced in his economic stimulus and recovery plan, has still not been launched. This comes a year after it was first announced. At its September 2018 announcement, Ramaphosa said...
Based on the 2018/19 annual report from the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA), the outlook is bleak for the building and construction industry. This is due to it continuing to register major job losses and retrenchments....
