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Civil construction confidence spikes

  • 27-09-2024
  • Freight News

Business confidence of construction contractors hit an eight-year high during the third quarter of 2024.

This is according to the FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index, which showed that confidence reached an eight-year high of 50 during the th...

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Road Maintenance in the Mossel Bay area

Road Maintenance in the Mossel Bay area

  • 27-09-2024
  • Arrive Alive

Road users are to kindly note that the following sequence of roadworks operations will be in place during the period from Thursday 26 September to Thursday 10 October 2024

a) N2 to Louis Fourie (Engen Garage to Dana Bay traffic lights &h...

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Provincial head of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dr Vish Govender.

New response team identifies 38 KZN construction sites delayed due to fraud, other transgressions

  • 27-09-2024
  • News 24

  • One of Public Works and Infrastructure's stated goals is to turn the country and KwaZulu-Natal into a "construction site".
  • However, the province has severe obstacles to achieving this goal,...

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Work on the Tshivhuyuni Sports Facility in Limpopo started in August 2023, but the stadium remains incomplete. Now the Makhado Municipality wants the contractor to pay for each day the project has been delayed.

Municipality demands contractor pay for delays to Limpopo stadium

  • 27-09-2024
  • Ground Up

Construction started in August 2023 and nearly half the work has still not been done

  • The Makhado Municipality is penalising a tardy contractor for each day he missed the deadline to complete the construction of a R17-mill...

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 FSRA chairperson Rodney Churchyard.

JRA refuses help from RAs

  • 26-09-2024
  • Roodepoort Record

The Johannesburg Roads Agency insists that RAs are not to fix potholes.

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) remains adamant that any interference on road infrastructure, regardless of the nature of such interference, is a criminal offenc...

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Transnet launches EIA process for LNG terminal at Port of Ngqura

  • 26-09-2024
  • Freight News

Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has issued a call for proposals for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)  for the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) terminal at the Port of Ngqura.

TNPA issued the request for proposals, in col...

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Residents said a section of the fence of the Zibambeleni Old Age Home was allegedly bent by drug users to gain entry.

Insufficient funds halts old age home upgrades

  • 26-09-2024
  • South Coast Herald

According to the Zibambeleni Old Age Home Board, the Department of Human Settlements said it had only a quarter of the required funds for the whole project to be completed even before the project kicked off.

The R16.6m upgrade of the Zib...

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Acting regional director Hlobohang Gamede, JRA CEO Zweli Nyathi, Ward 110 councillor Angie Mphaho, and MMC for Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport Kenny Kunene cut the ribbon.

Bulelwa Makomane Street transformed into a surfaced street

  • 26-09-2024
  • Midrand Reporter

The extensive project, which cost about R15m commenced in September last year and was completed on June 14 this year.

“We do not want to see car washes on this street, we do not want to see individuals washing laundry and throwing ...

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Fellowship recipients receive needs-based funding for university based on an annual household income threshold funding model.

Project to build University in Ekurhuleni set for 2025

  • 25-09-2024
  • Bedfordview and Edenvale News

This update was shared by the CoE Mayor Doctor Xhakaza when he reported back on his first 100 days in office at a council meeting in Germiston recently.

Fellowship recipients receive needs-based funding for university based on an annual ...

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Upgrading of Louis Fourie Road

Project update on the upgrading of Louis Fourie Road, Mossel Bay

  • 25-09-2024
  • Western Cape Government

The Western Cape Government’s (WCG) Department of Infrastructure (DOI) is hard at work upgrading a 3.26km portion of Louis Fourie Road in Mossel Bay between Beach Boulevard West and Garret Street. Louis Fourie Road links Mossel Bay to Diaz B...

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