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Johannesburg’s roads crisis leaves residents in despair
- 13-03-2025
- Northcliff Melville Times
With commuting still a problem with potholes and reinstatements that have not been done by ,Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA), residents are still left with frustrations as to whether they will get fixed or not.
Phillip Hoffmann, a pave en...
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Cape Town’s Conradie Park Is Urban Design Pioneer
- 13-03-2025
- Infrastructure News
The site of Cape Town’s old Conradie Hospital is today buzzing with the sounds of a community being built, with over 1,250 families now enjoying new homes and the final phases of construction lying ahead.
Work on the ground-breakin...
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Glen Austin residents and Gara urges JRA and Rand Water to repair dilapidating roads
- 13-03-2025
- Midrand Reporter
Since a Rand Water pipeline installation, Milner and Hampton roads are at different levels in most places, causing flooding and other inconveniences to residents.
Glen Austin Resident Association (Gara) has been complaining about the sta...
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Traffic Delays Expected as Cape Town Begins Construction on First Sky Circle
- 13-03-2025
- Smile FM
Commuters traveling through Lansdowne and Hanover Park areas are advised to prepare for traffic delays as construction begins on Cape Town’s first Sky Circle.
The project, part of the MyCiTi bus service expansion, will connect Mitc...
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New R350 million shopping mall breaks ground in South Africa
- 12-03-2025
- Business Tech
Construction of the Gcuwa Mall in Butterworth, Eastern Cape, has broken ground, with the new shopping centre joining the growing trend of rural retail developments.
Shenge Property Group and Luwie Properties partook in the sod-turnin...
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Feasibility study under way for Cape Town's iconic unfinished freeway bridge
- 12-03-2025
- News 24
- The City of Cape Town is conducting a feasibility study on the unfinished Foreshore freeway bridge.
- The previous City administration, under then-mayor Patricia de Lille, proposed it be developed for inne... Read More
Construction of homes for Bishopscourt land claimants set to begin
- 12-03-2025
- Ground Up
Displaced community received 12-hectares of prime property in affluent Cape Town suburb
- 86 homes are set to be built in Bishopscourt for land claimants who were forcibly removed from the area under the Group Areas Act.... Read More
Policy implementation gaps lead to skills gaps
- 12-03-2025
- The Content Engine
South Africa’s illiteracy crisis will continue to deepen unless decisive steps are taken by government to address the limitations of the basic education system. While there are good basic education policies, and the political will exists to ...
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Cape Town official threatened, project relaunched despite 'construction mafia' intimidation
- 11-03-2025
- News24
- Cape Town Mayco Member Carl Pophaim says he was threatened after relaunching the Delft housing project, halted in 2023 after the murder of City employee Wendy Kloppers.
- Alleged 28s gang boss Ralph Stanfi... Read More
Millions spent yet no road construction done
- 11-03-2025
- IOL
An R11 million access road upgrade and maintenance in the deep rural village of Ga-Komane, Burgersfort, Limpopo, has not yet been completed.
Disgruntled residents accuse the Fetakgomo Tubatse local municipality of spending R11 million on...
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