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 The site on Johannesburg Road where a water leak flooded the road on January 4.

JRA responds to road repair query in Modderfontein

  • 14-01-2025
  • Bedfordview and Edenvale News

"As per our established procedures, it is essential for any entity like Johannesburg Water to issue an order number for JRA to reinstate the excavated area before we can proceed."

Editor – A major water pipe burst in Modd...

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 Ageing infrastructure was named as one of the factors contributing to the bridges’ collapse.

Ageing infrastructure and floods cause several Mpumalangan bridges’ collapse

  • 14-01-2025
  • Mpumalanga News

The MEC urged the community to not disrupt any service delivery projects in their areas.

A corrugated metal culvert bridge on the P177, between Carolina and Chrissiesmeer in the Chief Albert Luthuli Local Municipality (CALLM), collapsed ...

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Western Cape construction body declares war against syndicates

  • 14-01-2025
  • Sunday World

The Master Builders Association Western Cape (MBAWC) is taking the fight against extortion in the construction sector to the feared mafia syndicates. 

The mafias have been interfering with legitimate building industry stakeholders a...

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The closed Johannesburg City Library at Beyers Naudé Square.

Construction and repairs are in full swing at the Johannesburg City Library

  • 14-01-2025
  • Rosebank Killarney Gazette

The Johannesburg Public Library has over 1.5 million books in its collection.

Following years of inaction and stonewalling from the City of Johannesburg, the Johannesburg Heritage Foundation is gratified to note that the city began appro...

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Westown Square

A look at the new mall coming to South Africa this year – inside a R15 billion ‘city’

  • 13-01-2025
  • Business Tech

Westown Square will open on 27 March 2025, which will mark the first phase of the Westown mixed-use development in KwaZulu-Natal.

The new “city of the West” hopes to become KwaZulu-Natal’s Midrand and will be situated o...

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A screenshot of a video supplied by Steven Shannon showing the water across the road

Burst pipe creates hidden sinkhole in Simon’s Town

  • 13-01-2025
  • False Bay Echo

Several runners, a skateboarder and a cyclist fell into a sinkhole on the pavement along Simon’s Town Main Road, near the Dido Valley Road intersection.

The sinkhole, caused by a burst water pipe on Saturday January 4, was conceale...

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A section of the road has been washed away. Repairs are expected to take about two weeks to complete.

Tshwane commits to fixing flood-damaged road in Centurion

  • 13-01-2025
  • Pretoria Rekord

A section of the road has been washed away. Repairs are expected to take about two weeks to complete.

The Tshwane metro has announced its plans to initiate repairs to road damage at the intersection of End, John Voster, and Rabie streets...

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Government wrestles control for upgrading water infrastructure away from “distressed” municipalities

  • 13-01-2025
  • Cbn

Government wrestles control for upgrading water infrastructure away from “distressed” municipalities

A change to the Revenue Act opens the way for the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) to bypass crisis hit municip...

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 The sod-turning ceremony at Prince Buthelezi Mall.

Sod-turning ceremony signifies the start of Prince Buthelezi Mall’s construction

  • 10-01-2025
  • Rising Sun Chatsworth

KwaZulu-Natal’s town of Empangeni will soon have a state-of-the-art shopping mall. 

The landmark new Prince Buthelezi Mall in Empangeni, KwaZulu-Natal, the latest investment by lead developer, Moolman Group with co-owners, Twi...

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MEC Rachoene joined the road maintenance workers

MEC Rachoene joined the road maintenance workers who were patching potholes on the D4 Elim Road from Elim to the N1

  • 10-01-2025
  • Arrive Alive

The Limpopo  MEC for Public Works, Roads & Infrastructure Ernest Rachoene is continuing and standing true to the commitment made that the service delivery monitoring programme which he embarked on last week at Lepelle Nkumpi , Municipalit...

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