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Big 5 Construct Nigeria returns to Lagos, showcasing $108bn market

Big 5 Construct Nigeria returns to Lagos, showcasing $108bn market

Dean Muruven, Associate Director, Boston Consulting Group, Johannesburg

Africa's $170bn infrastructure challenge demands a nature-first approachDean Muruven

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Rescue underway: Murray & Roberts Limited fortifies plans with additional R80m funding

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From backyard to breakthrough: Calitzdorp's housing solution for farm workers

19 Aug 2025

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End of an era: Murray & Roberts Holdings Limited shuts down

19 Aug 2025

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Women lead in Construction at ERWIC Awards

19 Aug 2025

The former managing director of a company involved in the multibillion Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) and his business partner have been charged in the Maseru Magistrates’ Court for fraud and money laundering. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Pair charged with multi-million rand fraud in Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Sechaba Mokhethi 19 Aug 2025

Source: Supplied. Participants at the kick-off meeting of the RASME Project in Namibia.

AfDB launches RASME for Namibia project management

18 Aug 2025

Source: . The Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) comprises a system of several large dams and tunnels throughout Lesotho, which delivers water to the Gauteng region of South Africa via the Vaal River System. It is the largest water transfer scheme in Africa.

Ninety One's infrastructure credit fund hits R2bn, boosting South Africa's growth path

18 Aug 2025

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How tenants benefit from Rosebank Mall's hybrid energy initiative

15 Aug 2025

Source: A legal battle in Cape Town between property owners and the City will clarify what municipalities can charge residents. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Property owners are misreading the law, argues Cape Town mayor

Steve Kretzmann 14 Aug 2025

Source: GCIS. President Cyril Ramaphosa urged that water investment be central to finance discussions at the AU-AIP Water Summit 2025, which aligns with the launch of the Rand Water Zuikerbosch System Purification Plant in Vereeniging which he attended last week.

Global leaders unite in Cape Town to transform water investment strategy

14 Aug 2025

From dust to dignity: How one woman is rebuilding South Africa, one life at a time

From dust to dignity: How one woman is rebuilding South Africa, one life at a time

Brandscapers 13 Aug 2025

Source: 27 Grey: exterior Welgemoed. Artist’s impression.

From expansive views to designer finishes, 27 Grey raises the bar for luxury apartments

12 Aug 2025

Empowering women through geospatial intelligence

Empowering women through geospatial intelligence

AfriGIS 12 Aug 2025

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South Africa's new water plant secures future supply for 2.4 million people

11 Aug 2025

PG Bison announces R240m future investment in new Melamine Faced Board line at Mkhondo facility

PG Bison announces R240m future investment in new Melamine Faced Board line at Mkhondo facility

PG Bison 11 Aug 2025

The woman who’s restoring a nation’s dignity through sanitation

The woman who’s restoring a nation’s dignity through sanitation

BrandScapers Africa 11 Aug 2025

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Why retrofitting South Africa’s buildings is key to a sustainable future

Thabang Byl 7 Aug 2025

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Sprinkler systems: Reducing fire fatalities and property damage by 87%

7 Aug 2025

Source: Balwin Properties. Mooikloof Mega City was by president Cyril Ramaphosa in 2020, and is one of 62 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) gazetted in 2020.

How Mooikloof Mega City is fuelling the future of Tshwane's infrastructure

6 Aug 2025

Unitrans walks away with Rio Tinto safety RockStar award for its exemplary contributions to RBM

Unitrans walks away with Rio Tinto safety RockStar award for its exemplary contributions to RBM

Unitrans 6 Aug 2025

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The RN1 road project: Building pathways for development in Congo

4 Aug 2025

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Repairs to crumbling clinic delayed

Nombulelo Damba-Hendrik 4 Aug 2025

Source: Dean Macpherson at the 2024 signing of the historic Durban Declaration between the Department of Public Works & Infrastructure, SA Police Service, Treasury_RSA and cidb_sa at the #NCS2024, which committed to put an end to disruptions at construction sites once and for all.

Fraudulent oxygen plant tender under scrutiny as PwC report drops

1 Aug 2025

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3,500 jobs at risk at ArcelorMittal SA's steel operations

31 Jul 2025

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Makhanda: The collapse of an iconic South African city

Steve Kretzmann 30 Jul 2025

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Artscape social housing development moves ahead

Matthew Hirsch 29 Jul 2025

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Social housing and the future of Cape Town’s inner-city

Tertuis Simmers 28 Jul 2025

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Legal pitfalls and risks of misunderstanding construction contracts with private investors

Euan Massey 28 Jul 2025

Source: Supplied. An architect’s impression of the apartment blocks that were to be called 75 Victoria that collapsed during construction.

George building collapse: Tribunal finds engineer who signed off plans guilty on five charges

25 Jul 2025

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Sanral secures R7bn NDB loan to upgrade SA freeways

24 Jul 2025

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Why Dubai’s luxury real estate market is booming among global investors

23 Jul 2025

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Lesotho Palace of Justice in Maseru. The Lesotho Highlands Development Authority wants a case against it dismissed. Photo: Sechaba Mokhethi / GroundUp

Lesotho dams authority fights back in “legally baseless” court case

Sechaba Mokhethi 16 Jul 2025

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

All about YOU! Putting YOU in YOUth Month on Biz!

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African Mining Week: Role of infrastructure to unlock mining potential

25 Apr 2025

Source: © Mining Zambia Magazine On 18 February 2025, a catastrophic tailings dam collapsed at the Sino-Metals Chambishi Mine, in Zambia, flooding the surruonding area and Mwambashi River with 50 million litres of acidic effluent

Earth Day spotlights importance of environmental management of tailing dams

Alastair Bovim 22 Apr 2025

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