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Umzimkhulu bridge closure in Port Shepstone delayed
- 14-03-2025
- East Coast Radio Website
The planned six-month closure of the Umzimkhulu River Bridge in Port Shepstone has been put on hold.
The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Transport made the announcement on Wednesday.
The bridge was meant to be closed on...
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Johannesburg Water’s R92 Million Erand Tower and Pump Station Upgrade
- 14-03-2025
- Infrastructure News
Part of Johannesburg Water’s (JW) ongoing infrastructure upgrades is to ensure that growing areas have sufficient water coverage. The Midrand Depot supplies high-rise areas across Midrand, and due to the population growth and urban developme...
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No repairs done yet on collapsing old Bethal Road in Trichardt
- 14-03-2025
- Ridge Times
The sinkhole on the bridge was reported in January, but two months later, no ‘prompt or efficient’ work has begun.
Two months later, no work has been done on the collapsing old Bethal Road in Trichardt. The Ridge Times report...
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2025 Budget a boon for road maintenance, with road resurfacing rate to double
- 14-03-2025
- IOL
Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana’s proposed 2025 Budget is not without controversy, given the incremental VAT increase on the table, but it does bring good news for infrastructure development.
Godongwana announced during his Budge...
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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