Building & Construction News

Authorities probe road damage on President Fouché Drive

• 31-03-2025
• Randburg Sun

Ward councillor Ralf Bittkau confirmed the closure of President Fouché Drive, stating that JRA awaits JW’s tests to determine the cause of the hole.

A section of President Fouché Drive, heading towards Kelly Road from...

Ekurhuleni allocates nearly R200 million to address water shortages

• 31-03-2025
• Eyewitnessnews

Mayor Doctor Xhakaza revealed during his State of the City Address on Thursday that the eight reservoirs currently under construction are nearing completion.

JOHANNESBURG - The City of Ekurhuleni has allocated nearly R200 million for the...

East residents demand answers on delayed Lynnwood Road project

• 31-03-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

The community is demanding that the metro investigate the delays on the road project which they claim was nowhere near 84% complete, as the metro stated.

Motorists, business owners, and commuters in Pretoria east are fuming over the dela...

Major Nelson Mandela Bay road brought to standstill as motorists hit deep holes left unmarked by contractors

• 31-03-2025
• Daily Maverick

In a traffic snarl-up of note, at least 20 vehicles, including high-end 4x4s, had their wheels slashed and rims damaged, after a contractor on the M4 Settlers Highway to Gqeberha left deep cutouts in the road unmarked and without warning signs, ov...

Macpherson conducts oversight visit at Limpopo Theatre site

• 28-03-2025
• SABC News

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has conducted an oversight visit at the construction site of the Limpopo Theatre, at the Bakone Malapa Open-Air Museum in Polokwane.

Macpherson and Public Works MECs from all nine ...

Residents plead for urgent repairs as road conditions worsen

• 28-03-2025
• Roodepoort Record

Frustrated yet determined, residents remain hopeful that their pleas will be heard and that urgent intervention will prevent further damage and ensure safer, more accessible roads.

Residents are at their wits’ end as the worsening ...

City responds Alberton’s road crisis: Key repairs set for completion by June 30

• 28-03-2025
• Alberton Record

With potholes and cracks posing a growing risk, the City of Ekurhuleni outlines which roads will be fixed—and when —following widespread complaints from residents.

On March 12, the Alberton Record published an article highlig...

Construction of Newlands reservoir extended to June

• 28-03-2025
• Pretoria Rekord

Technical site conditions and material procurement setbacks have delayed the project.

The Parkmore Low-Level Reservoir construction project in Newlands in the east of Pretoria has been pushed out to June.

The project has fallen...

VIDEO: R3.9 billion water purification facility ‘a first for Africa’

• 27-03-2025
• Vaal Weekblad

The R3.9 billion project outside Vereeniging is expected to bring an end to Gauteng's water woes and provide potable water to 2.4 million people.

The Minister of Water and Sanitation, Pemmy Majodina, visited the Zuikerbosch Water...

Company takes over road maintenance task in troubled North West municipality

• 27-03-2025
• Sowetan Live

Tacet spends millions a year doing unpaid government's work

Transport and mining company Tacet says it spends hundreds of thousands of rand on maintaining roads in Lichtenburg as the struggling Ditsobotla local municipality in the No...