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Public Procurement Bill will ‘hinder’ infrastructure delivery
- 29-02-2024
- Moneyweb
The country can’t afford to have it signed into law – Cesa.
South Africa cannot afford to have the new Public Procurement Bill signed into law in its current form because it will hinder rather than support the infrast...
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Structural test will determine if clinic construction can resume
- 29-02-2024
- Sowetan Live
Contractor fired in 2021 for incompetence
A foundation and a few pillars is all that is left at the construction site of Mayibuye Clinic after the contractor was dismissed by the state for poor performance in 2021.
What was mea...
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Work to complete Mandlakazi Regional Bulk Water Scheme continues
- 29-02-2024
- South African Government News Agency
The Ministry of Water and Sanitation says it is accelerating the completion of the Mandlakazi Regional Bulk Water Scheme to ensure sustainable water provision in Zululand.
The water supply scheme aims to bring relief to the community of ...
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South Africa’s biggest private power plant — R9-billion investment a decade in the making
- 29-02-2024
- My Broadband
Red Cap Energy is set to roll out three wind farms with a combined capacity of 330MW, which would make for the largest purely private renewable energy facility in South Africa.
The R9-billion Impofu project will begin construction in Kou...
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The construction of Mayibuye Clinic in Krugersdorp, on the west Rand, has been halted due to poor performance.
- 29-02-2024
- Times Live
Johannesburg's development planning department demolished illegally built structures on top of municipal water and electrical lines to make way for a municipal project in Klipfontein View, Midrand, on Wednesday.
A car wash and ...
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South Africa’s insane year for solar
- 28-02-2024
- Business Tech
New data compiled by Trade and Industrial Policy Strategies (TIPS) senior economist Gaylor Montmasson-Clair shows that South African households tripled their spend on solar imports in 2023 – with around 5,000MW worth of solar panels brought ...
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Renovation of Old Town House building
- 28-02-2024
- George Herald
GEORGE NEWS - The renovation of the Old Town House Building at 97 Market Street at the corner of Market & York Street, George will be between 23 February - 1 April 2024.
Work will take place between 07:00 to 16:30 Mondays to Fridays....
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Komati Road long overdue
- 28-02-2024
- Lowvelder
At night it is impossible to tell where the road margins are
The Nkomazi Local Municipality (NLM) are yet to comment on enquiries concerning the dangerous entrance road to the town of Komatipoort.
Corridor Gazette recently...
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R190 million facelift for Izingolweni road
- 28-02-2024
- South Coast Herald
The construction period of the project is estimated at 24 months.
A contract worth R190 million was recently handed over to a service provider for the rehabilitation of Main Road P284 which links Port Edward and Izingolweni.
It...
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Cele accuses Randfontein protesters of being a construction mafia
- 27-02-2024
- Moneyweb
They say they just want jobs and their fair share; 11 people arrested two weeks ago to apply for bail.
Tensions have been brewing in the community of Toekomsrus Extension 9 in Randfontein following the arrest of 11 people, including four...
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