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Infrastructure South Africa has raised alarm over a 70% cancellation or closure rate among advertised construction tenders, with only 29.89% of 12 622 assessed tenders awarded and just 16.98% of 2 549 tenders advertised in 2025 successfully awarded. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson expressed concern that gross fixed capital formation remains at 13.71% of GDP, far below the 30% target set for 2030, with municipalities returning hundreds of billions of rands to the National Treasury yearly owing to an inability to plan and execute infrastructure projects.
Construction sector records marginal growth as employment outpaces other industriesThe Afrimat Construction Index shows a 0.3% year-on-year increase in the first quarter of 2026, boosted by more than 5% growth in the value of construction works and buildings completed. The construction sector created 74 000 new jobs in the first quarter, accounting for 11% of all new jobs despite representing only 5.5% of total value added in the economy, while overall construction tender activity increased by 11.4% year-on-year in the first four months of 2026.
Industry bodies call for skills investment and greater policy consultation to support sector growthThe Construction Industry Development Board is promoting the adoption of emerging technologies such as drones and AI through its ERWIC Awards in August, while GVK-Siya Zama warns that senior roles including Contracts Managers and Site Agents remain difficult to fill as experienced staff pursue opportunities abroad. Seifsa has welcomed the new Industrial Development Strategy but argues that more consultative engagement with industry stakeholders would have strengthened the policy, particularly regarding the relationship between the strategy and existing sector masterplans.
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Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) has raised concern about the high level of tender cancellations, which it believes is having a negative impact on the construction market, as well as on meeting...
Industry body the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) places great importance on the role of women in the evolution of South Africa’s construction industry. Ahead of the cidb ERWIC...
The latest Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) shows a marginal year-on-year increase of 0.3%. The first-quarter index was boosted by year-on-year increases of more than 5% in the value of both...
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Industry association the Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of Southern Africa (Seifsa) has welcomed the recent launch by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (dtic) of South...
By: Morag Evans - CEO of Databuild In construction, instinct is still important. People who have worked in this sector for years develop a feel for where activity is moving, which regions are...
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After slipping by one point to 42 index points in the first quarter of this year, the business mood in the building sector fell by a further four points to 38 in the second quarter, the FNB/BER...
ActionSA has intensified its pressure on the Government of National Unity to immediately fire three key economic Ministers following the latest GDP and employment data released by Statistics South...
The Dubai Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a series of bilateral business meetings between companies from Dubai and South Africa, in Johannesburg, noting that businesses in both markets see...
Big 5 Construct South Africa and South Africa Infrastructure Expo, featuring Transport Evolution Africa, open next week, from 9 – 11 June at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg,...
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By: Nosive Ngcawe - Development Action Group Project Officer The launch of the R300 million Construction Fund by the Small Enterprise Development and Finance Agency (SEDFA), in partnership with the...
Companies can reduce hidden costs associated with personal protective equipment (PPE) abuse, over-issuing and poor inventory control by adopting digital management systems, says Matrix Design...
JSE-listed multidisciplinary construction group Stefanutti Stocks delivered a strong performance for the financial year ended February 28, supported by the recognition of the Kusile power project...
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