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Creecy conducted an oversight visit in KwaZulu-Natal to assess progress made on highway upgrades.

N2-N3 upgrades will boost economic growth: Creecy

  • 11-10-2024
  • SABC News

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says freight companies and motorists will breathe a sigh of relief as major route developments will ease congestion on the N2 and N3 national roads.

Creecy conducted an oversight visit in KwaZulu-Natal t...

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Sanral’s R4 billion project aims to enhance road safety and support local economic growth along the N3.

Improving Road Safety: Sanral’s R4 billion realignment of the N3

  • 11-10-2024
  • IOL

Durban — The South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (Sanral) is making strides in road safety with a R4 billion realignment project on the notorious N3 section between Key Ridge and Hammarsdale.

In a statement, the agency ...

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Cllr Jabulani Ndlovu, MEC Thulasizwe Thomo, Chief Nicholas Ngomane, Mayor Phindile Magagula and MMC Thandeka Makamo.

Nkomazi-based construction company awarded tender for Dludluma road upgrades

  • 11-10-2024
  • Mpumalanga News

Sibusisiwe Construction was awarded the tender worth more than R110m to upgrade one of Nkomazi's major dilapidated roads.

This community’s dream of upgrades to the D2950 from the D797 towards the Dludluma ring road is almost a ...

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Okhahlamba Speaker Zamlandela Khumalo, Inkosi Sithole, Okhahlamba Deputy Mayor Ms Nothile Shabalala, MEC Siboniso Duma, Cllr Siphiwe Mazibuko and Okhahlamba Mayor Vikizitha Mlotshwa.

R465 million to upgrade road infrastructure in Bergville

  • 11-10-2024
  • Northern Natal News

R83 million has been set aside for emerging contractors

MEC for Transport & Human Settlements Siboniso Duma visited Bergville on Tuesday (October 8), where he announced a massive upgrade of the road infrastructure. The project is wor...

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 Source: Open Open Studio Architects

New shopping mall launching in South Africa at the end of the month

  • 10-10-2024
  • Business Tech

New shopping mall launching in South Africa at the end of the month



Theku Mall in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, will open later this month and will nearly double the size of the previous retail centre.



Exemplar REITail, McC...

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People leave their buckets in the queue waiting for the water truck.

Vital water project halted because municipality failed to pay contractors

  • 10-10-2024
  • Ground Up

School where reservoir was being built blocks construction

Fed-up with delays in construction, a Free State school has halted the building of a municipal reservoir on school premises.

The School Governing Body (SGB) of Lerapo P...

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Artistic impression: Office tower is perched on top of the civic plaza. The tower is a 4 storey structure on one end of the precinct serve as a landmark for the new uplifted image of the greater Edendale area.

Boon for Edendale CBD

  • 10-10-2024
  • The Witness

The entire project is expected to cost around R3 billion, with completion projected within three years.

Greater Edendale could look very different in the next three years, thanks to a R3 billion national government urban investment aimed...

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Free State premier warned to not meddle in Qwaqwa road project.

Free State premier warned not to meddle in Qwaqwa road project

  • 10-10-2024
  • OFM

“The recruitment process for these road projects was done in an open and transparent manner.”

Local subcontractors can benefit from a Qwaqwa road project scheduled to start in November.

“The road project will ...

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SA is looking to learn from other countries that have successfully tapped into the private sector to develop their grids.

Private transmission projects coming early next year

  • 09-10-2024
  • The Citizen Online

Launch of NTCSA hailed as milestone in opening up grid.

The Department of Electricity and Energy is currently drafting regulations to set out how the government will procure private sector investment in transmission lines and hopes to co...

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A plan for the four-storey block of flats proposed for Arum Road

Plan for Arum Road flats draws fire

  • 09-10-2024
  • Tabletalk

A four-storey block of flats planned for 106 Arum Road, Table View, is unwelcome as it will lead to more traffic congestion and overcrowding in the area, say residents.

Table View’s existing infrastructure cannot cope with more peo...

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