The construction industry has potential to create employment opportunities to cushion the impact of an anticipated increase in unemployment in the immediate aftermath of the current nation-wide lockdown. This is according to a submission made by...
The Covid-19 pandemic continues to have a severe impact on all sectors of the economy. The construction industry has been particularly hard hit as a result of construction sites having to close and projects put on hold. Before the pandemic, the...
The Master Builders Association (MBA) North warns that the lockdown and its aftermath are set to raise all sorts of issues for an industry that is already in trouble. “The fact that all construction work has been put on hold for the lockdown period...
The global economy has been thrown into turmoil as the world struggles to combat the spread of COVID-19 with several countries in lockdown or isolation. South Africa has also responded by announcing a total 21-day lockdown, which is a critical...