Other factors are inflation and interest rate hikes while load-shedding has affected key sectors
‘People are really noticing the work we do for the community,’ says a former unemployed youngster, now project leader at growing construction enterprise, Marvin Blauw
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Liesbeek Leisure Properties Trust maintains recommencement of construction not in contravention of the law
Two promising uses of hemp are the manufacturing of “green” biofuels and the building of low-cost and sustainable housing
Infrastructure is responsible for 79% greenhouse gas emissions and plays an important role in supporting national development priorities and achieving the targets of the 2015 Paris Agreement
The durable bricks are made from 30% recycled plastic, some of which they collect from a network of 50 waste pickers
How does South Africa return to a pre-pandemic world, or at least one closely resembling it? That’s the question for policymakers as our country’s recovery lags its peers
The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union alleges that work on the Northern Cape legislature’s building was not completed and, despite this, the company was given another tender worth R22-million
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Historically, the built environment sector has been reluctant to embrace reform, but it cannot afford to now
Crushing stones is seen as ‘men’s work’. But an all-women gravel-making group in Sarwat Village is turning both stones and stereotypes into ashes
The economy is still 2.7% smaller than it was in the first quarter of 2020
When it comes to mega infrastructure projects, it is still the mega white-owned companies who score government contracts
Companies must behave like model democratic citizens if they are to earn and retain society’s social licence to operate
StatsSa has dubbed Q2 of 2020 the “pandemic quarter” as a result of hard Covid-19 lockdown that saw most sectors of the economy plummeting
The humble honeybee is catching up to humans in the arithmetic game, but there is quite literally nothing to worry about
Shepherd Bushiri didn’t have an environmental permit to build on land zoned for agriculture.
Both are urgently required and the solutions to housing provision and job creation are relatively simple.
Many employers seem to prefer hiring foreigners, who are seen as hard and diligent workers with "ambition".
A total of 15 construction companies found guilty of collusion by the competition authorities.
Was it a surprise that a half-built shopping mall collapsed in Tongaat? No. Could it have been avoided? Yes.
About 50 workers are feared trapped under rubble after the roof of a shopping mall collapsed in Tongaat, north of Durban, says paramedics.
The once-bustling cultural heart of Johannesburg is being revamped with a host of new developments.