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Source: Supplied. Muhammad Ali, managing director at WWISE.

Construction & Engineering

How South Africa's construction mafia hijacked projects worth R63bn

29 May 2025

Source: Pixabay.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Legal showdown for land rights: New push to scrap the Expropriation Act

Katja Hamilton 28 May 2025

Health & Social Welfare

Public Works buildings to be turned into GBV shelters

21 May 2025

Source: Pexels.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Justice sought for George collapse victims as damning report looms

8 May 2025

Construction & Engineering

South Africa arrests 240 in construction mafia crackdown

15 Apr 2025

Source: GCIS. Public Works and Infrastructure Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Port St Johns on path to economic revival with new harbour development plan

10 Apr 2025

Source: . Acacia Park in July 2020.

Residential Property

Former MPs refuse to leave their subsidised housing in parliamentary villages

7 Apr 2025

Source: Government Communication and Information System (GCIS).

Infrastructure & Utilities

Macpherson calls for lifestyle audits into IDT bosses, gives update on delayed oxygen plants probe

Pieter-Louis Myburgh 7 Apr 2025

Construction & Engineering

2025 Infrastructure Summit to shape the future of construction in South Africa

Katja Hamilton 26 Mar 2025

Source: Artist's rendition. The position and layout of Protea Village has been thoughtfully considered by the returning community, while the remainder of their land is divided between green belt, and the residential estate. Protea Village, situated on Erf 242, comprises 86 stands, each approximately 300m² in size.

Construction & Engineering

Construction of homes for Bishopscourt land claimants set to begin

Matthew Hirsch 13 Mar 2025

President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered his #Sona2025 address at Cape town's City Hall. Source: x.com

Infrastructure & Utilities

#Sona2025: Ramaphosa economic recovery plan built on infrastructure, mining, and energy

Lindsey Schutters 7 Feb 2025

Source: REUTERS. Johanna Geron.

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

Trump and Cyril Ramaphosa clash over SA's new land policy

Katja Hamilton 5 Feb 2025

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

New Expropriation Bill: It’s not as transformative as some claim

Katja Hamilton 24 Jan 2025

Minister of Public Works played the classics in his opening remarks at the MinMEC

Infrastructure & Utilities

Macpherson eyes EPWP reform for job creation and economic growth

Lindsey Schutters 5 Nov 2024

Cape Town construction sites have been plagued by stoppages, but the construction mafia is highly active all over the country.

Construction & Engineering

Master builders say construction mafia is a barrier to growth

22 Oct 2024

Public Works department calls for skilled applicants to fill key positions

Construction & Engineering

Public Works department calls for skilled applicants to fill key positions

26 Sep 2024

Unlocking the blueprint for South Africa's infrastructure development

Technology

Unlocking the blueprint for South Africa's infrastructure development

Sabine Dall'Omo 30 Sep 2024

Insights into the fight against the construction mafia

Construction & Engineering

Insights into the fight against the construction mafia

Lindsey Schutters 17 Sep 2024

Ministers Ramokgopa and Macpherson share a laugh on a recent China trip, showing unity within the Government of National Unity. Source: x.com

Nuclear Power

Ramokgopa withdraws nuclear determination, undoing more Mantashe policy

Lindsey Schutters 9 Sep 2024

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, has kept up the pace of policy implementation and infrastructure improvement he adopted when taking the cabinet position.

Construction & Engineering

Macpherson lauds Cape Town's fight against construction mafia

Lindsey Schutters 6 Aug 2024

President Cyril Ramaphosa is leaning hard on infrastructure as the route to SA's prosperity.

Infrastructure & Utilities

Ramaphosa puts infrastructure at centre of GNU

Lindsey Schutters 23 Jul 2024

Minister Dean Macpherson spent the week sketching his vision for the department

Infrastructure & Utilities

Macpherson pledges to redirect funds to ‘building SA’

Lindsey Schutters 12 Jul 2024

Dean Macpherson was quick to take the country into his confidence on the cyber breach

Cybersecurity

R300m DPWI cyber theft the latest signs of failing state IT infrastructure

Lindsey Schutters 10 Jul 2024

New minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Dean Macpherson has had a busy first week.

Construction & Engineering

Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure sets vision for SA

Lindsey Schutters 9 Jul 2024

Source: @GovernmentZA/X. SA's continued finance minister, Enoch Godongwana.

Finance

Godongwana holds onto Finance Ministry in new Cabinet

Katja Hamilton 1 Jul 2024

Lockdown ban on the sale of hot food faces backlash

Regulatory

Lockdown ban on the sale of hot food faces backlash

20 Apr 2020

Probe into fraud and corruption at National Lotteries Commission

Law Practice

Probe into fraud and corruption at National Lotteries Commission

Raymond Joseph 13 May 2019

Alcohol industry criticises government's 'vague' socioeconomic study

FMCG

Alcohol industry criticises government's 'vague' socioeconomic study

Linda Ensor 21 Jul 2017

Factories in distress as fund dries up

Design & Manufacturing

Factories in distress as fund dries up

30 Oct 2015

Criminal Law

Scared councillors to get special protection

3 Sep 2012