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Premier Alan Winde calls for accountability as he submits critical findings to SAPS following the tragic George Building collapse that claimed 34 lives.
Zohra Teke discusses the KZN Public Works precarious financial position, construction mafia, and looting of state coffers by errant contractors in an exclusive interview.
The construction of an educational and remembrance centre at Saarah Baartman’s burial site in the Eastern Cape has been delayed since 2014, a Parliamentary Portfolio Committee has heard.
Nearly four months, families are no closer to getting answers.
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The Black Business Forum has been engaging with the government in KwaZulu-Natal on ‘rogue elements’ perpetuating the incidence of construction mafia, which Public Works MEC Martin Meyer says would be investigated.
This road connects the R63 and N2, passing near the Steve Biko Centre, the former home of the renowned Black Consciousness Movement leader.
Deputy Minister Sihle Zikalala sets a new deadline for the long-delayed construction of the Soshanguve Magistrate's Court, aiming for completion by February 2025.
In addition to the two mega-bridges, there are seven major construction packages on the N2 Wild Coast Road, Sanral says.
On Monday, May 6, a five-story building collapsed in Victoria Street just after 2pm killing 34 workers.
Delvin Safers, 29, from Mossel Bay, was an electrician working on the site when the five-storey apartment building collapsed, trapping him for 28 hours.
The new project will feature five new bridges and a new grade-separated interchange at the R46/R46 intersection.
The Engineering Council of SA has placed the engineer working on a construction site in George on precautionary suspension after a building collapse claimed the lives of 34 people
Documents and site samples collected as Premier Alan Winde has specialised firm investigating the George building collapse.
Four workers have been killed when an embankment collapsed on them at a building site in Ballito on the KwaZulu-Natal north coast.
IPPS Medical Rescue Services said they were conducting the search with other agencies, but the mission had to be called off due to multiple collapses of the embankment.
Follow IOL’s coverage on the George building collapse as rescue operations continue nine days after the tragic event.
In addressing the media and families of the workers, Zikalala said this was the biggest tragic incident in the construction industry since 1994.
Rescue workers have been on site for over 185 hours, as operations enter its ninth day.
So far, 59 workers have been rescued and recovered, 13 workers have been hospitalised, while the death toll has risen to 30 people.
The municipality has called for a national moment of silence at 2. 09pm this afternoon.
Speaking to the media at the site, Cele said the developers and the contractors had been secretive about revealing details of the workers on the site.
A total of 28 workers remain unaccounted for after the building collapse in George a week ago.
The five-story development was estimated at over R39 million.
The rescue operation has reached 89 hours.