Hundreds of households from surrounding villages near Kuruman are expected to benefit from the upgrades of three sub-stations at the Gasegonyana Municipality. Construction has already started at the Riri Sub-station, and is also expected to begin...
ELB Equipment says it is aggressively gearing its excavator offering to meet an anticipated demand upsurge as the economy turns upwards. Excavators are at the heart of any construction or mining operation and their availability is pivotal to...
Why do we need to talk about infrastructure investment and delivery in sub-Saharan Africa? Business spending in Africa will grow from $2.6 trillion in 2015 to $3.5 trillion by 2025. It is estimated that over the same period an additional 187...
The eThekwini Human Settlements and Infrastructure Committee held its first meeting of 2018 this week and high on its agenda for the year is electrification, water infrastructure and sanitation. The Committee approved the roll-out of an...
The Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) is shutting down Main Reef Road as it undertakes rehabilitation work as part of the City’s R30 million upgrade project. The project involves upgrading the M2 – Main Reef interchange at Press Street and the M2...
Oral agreements, although theoretically legal, are often the cause of enormous problems in the construction and building industry and should be avoided. This is the view of the Uwe Putlitz, CEO of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC)....
The R61 mega road infrastructure project in the Eastern Cape has been completed the South African National Roads Agency SOC Ltd (SANRAL) announced recently. The project, which is valued at R550-million and forms part of a master plan for tourism...
The City of Cape Town is calling on the construction industry to help combat the drought by using treated effluent water for industry operations. According to Xanthea Limberg, the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Informal Settlements; Water and...
The construction sector is threatening to take legal action against the government to ensure that they speed up the implementation of the construction sector charter codes aimed at promoting transformation in the industry. SABC on Monday reported...
