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Zuma receives board's report on Cele
President Jacob Zuma has received a report from the Board of Inquiry appointed to investigate alleged misconduct by suspended National Police Commissioner General Bheki Cele. 22 May 2012 12:32
Call to seize mines, banks and telecommunications
Business Live reports that the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has called for the "seizure of mines, telecommunications and banks" under a nationalisation plan that it hopes will transform the local economy. 18 May 2012 13:43


Building sector sees downturn in Q1
Residential building activity in the South African market for new housing deteriorated on a quarterly as well as an annual basis in the first quarter of 2012, according to Jacques du Toit, property analyst at Absa Home Loans. 18 May 2012 12:36
Polystyrene can solve housing problem - PSPC
Two of South Africa's most pressing needs, namely the need for sustainable, low-cost housing and the need to divert recyclable materials away from the country's landfill sites which are rapidly approaching their fill capacity, have found an unlikely common solution in recycled expanded polystyrene (EPS). 18 May 2012 06:48
Six new correctional centres to be built, 12 more planned
Construction on six new correctional centres will get under way this year, with a further 12 in the pipeline, Correctional Services Minister Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula said on Wednesday. 17 May 2012 09:45
Industry rejects proposed state-owned construction company
The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) supports the majority of the statements made by Minister of Human Settlements, Tokyo Sexwale, in his address to the National Assembly regarding the Human Settlements Budget Vote. 15 May 2012 11:20
Cost of accidents increases by 100% in one year
According to the latest statistics from Federated Employers Mutual Assurance (FEM), the agency that provides workmen's compensation for the construction industry, there has been a steady decline in the number of accidents over the past three years. 15 May 2012 09:24

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