More than 700 cases related to criminal gangs disrupting construction sites have been reported over the past five months
Also known as the construction mafia, they may even include engineering procurement construction management (EPCM) providers
State intelligence and enforcement abilities, as well as the legislation, need to be bolstered to deter the construction mafia
The Durban Declaration outlines concrete interventions to be taken to over the next 12 months
Parents want the reconstruction of Nancefield Primary School investigated
The minster said these groups take money and never do any work
The chief executive of Nala Business Chamber was assaulted by members of the illegal ‘Nala Business Forum’ when he went to a building site to deal with a subcontracting dispute.
South Africa’s seventh parliament has just started its work, and it appears to be doing so with a far more collaborative spirit — and significantly less playing to the gallery — than it did during any of the previous three terms.
A multi-departmental, collaborative unit focused on preventive rather than reactive solutions could stem the loss of billions of rands and the destruction of the country’s assets
The new DA MEC Martin Meyer said government would work with legitimate business forums, not violent groups pretending to be forums
How the 26s, 27s and 28s prison gangs got their name, and how street gangs usurped them
There is ‘growing concern’ about increasing levels of gangsterism and organised crime in the Western Cape
Invasion of construction sites and intimidation have been cited as reasons for delayed infrastructure projects
Investigations have revealed that hitmen are hiring top lawyers to defend themselves and that the biggest threat to political victims is from within their own parties
A lack of necessary skills has also contributed to the metro’s water and sanitation crisis
Victims of extortion and intimidation at building project sites in Eldorado Park speak up in an exclusive Mail & Guardian investigation