In her keynote address congratulating the winners at the 2nd annual Construction Industry Development Board’s Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction Awards (ERWIC), Department of Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister, Noxolo...
Under normal circumstances, Mikateko Ruth Matshebele and Mpho Thulare would never share a classroom. Matshebele is a 37-year-old civil engineering graduate who dreams of running her own company. Thulare is a 24-year-old unemployed construction...
Construction remains a male-dominated industry across the globe, and South Africa is certainly no exception. The fact that women comprise only 11% of the country’s total construction workforce, is largely driven by stereotypes which stigmatise the...
Tibor Szana, Inspector General: Department of Employment and Labour, says that the construction industry has a “mindblowing” compliance rate of 76% when it comes to health and safety and ranked in the top five sectors in relation to compliance....
