Housing

Jun 22, 2012 | Bridges Buildings City of Johannesburg Construction Electrification Governance Housing Metropolitan Municipalities Roads

Public Works: government cannot provide all the solutions

Speaking today at day two of the 2012 Public Private Infrastructure Forum, Mfezezko Gwazube, acting COO of the Department of Public Works (DPW), said that key to the department’s job driver is the New Growth Path, which stresses the need for...

Jun 21, 2012 | Bridges Buildings City of Johannesburg Construction Governance Housing Metropolitan Municipalities Roads

Punish corrupt public sector servants, says Black Business Council

Gregory Mofokeng, secretary of the Black Business Council in the Built Environment (BBCBE), shook up the 2012 Public Private Infrastructure Forum with his presentation on the lack of black-owned companies in construction and the unfair treatment...

Jun 19, 2012 | City of Johannesburg City of Tshwane Construction Ekurhuleni Housing Metropolitan Municipalities

Gauteng delegates housing functions to metros

The Gauteng Provincial Government last Wednesday officially delegated some housing and human settlements functions as well as decision-making authority to the three metros in the province. Gauteng MEC for Local Government and Housing Humphrey...

Jun 19, 2012 | Bridges Buildings Construction Housing Roads

SAFCEC disagrees with consultant on construction sector turnaround

Llewellyn Lewis, the principal consultant at the BMI building research strategy consulting unit, said the worst of the recession was behind the building and construction industry and it could look forward to slow and steady growth across all...