ACTIVITY in the building industry is expected to slow significantly this year as residential and nonresidential property developers feel the strain of higher interest rates, inflation and electricity problems. Interest…
Geotechnical engineering specialist Esor on Wednesday reported a threefold increase in revenue to R1bn for the year to February as it benefited from commercial and government infrastructure spend and a…
Raubex (RBX) reported a 116.2% rise in headline earnings per share rise to 116.2 cents for the year ended February. A final dividend of 40 cents was declared, compared with…
Transport Minister Jeff Radebe has brushed off concerns about the effect of a power shortage on SA’s readiness for the Soccer World Cup, saying that transport preparations were progressing well.
KwaZulu-Natal’s MEC for local government Mike Mabuyakhulu has announced plans to launch five 'training stadiums’ to be built in municipalities in the province.
PPC, which has already increased the price of its cement 8,5% this year, said the hike of about 5% in July was meant to bring cement prices in line with…
Neil Potgieter took the helm of Grinaker-LTA Building earlier this year, following the promotion of predecessor Neil Cloete to Group MD of Grinaker-LTA. Unveiling his first strategic plan for the…
FNB's building confidence index, which measures the business confidence of all the major role players and suppliers involved in the building industry, declined to 66 points in 2008's first quarter,…
The R21-billion Rio Tinto Alcan aluminium smelter, which was scheduled to break ground at Coega in the second half of this year, could be delayed by as much as four…
Sport and Recreation minister has criticised reports that Nelson Mandela Bay was behind schedule with the building of its 2010 soccer World Cup stadium
South African building and construction group Stefanutti & Bressan Holdings (SFB) said on Monday that it expects headline earnings per share (HEPS) for the year ended February 29, 2008, to…
DIVERSIFIED supplier of equipment and open cast mining services and construction materials Buildmax revised its listing on the JSE main board, yesterday floating 179 million new shares to raise about…
Cashbuild is reaping the rewards of staying away from risky credit offerings and selling to lower-income South Africans who are unaffected by rising interest rates
More than a hundred striking Nelson Mandela Bay municipal workers spent the night behind bars following a day of chaos which included intimidation, vandalism of municipal buildings and disrupting construction…
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