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Inaugural ACPM Summit 29-30 October 2025, Olive Convention Centre, Durban

Construction & Engineering

Inaugural ACPM Summit 29-30 October 2025, Olive Convention Centre, Durban

Issued by MILLA SA 23 Oct 2025

Source: Reuters.

Infrastructure & Utilities

R10m UK-SA deal: Upgrading infrastructure for public good

15 Oct 2025

Land & Property Law

Eviction notices issued to occupants of hijacked State properties

1 Sep 2025

Source: Supplied.

Construction & Engineering

Women lead in Construction at ERWIC Awards

19 Aug 2025

Source: Facebook. Grabouw Khoisan Council.

Property

Future of Khoisan settlement in Grabouw hangs in the balance

Liezl Human 24 Apr 2025

Construction & Engineering

South Africa arrests 240 in construction mafia crackdown

15 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

Source: AS Photography/Pexels

Construction & Engineering

Infrastructure takes centre stage in SA’s 2025 infrastructure priorities

Lindsey Schutters 6 Jan 2025

Source: Glenov Brancovic/Unsplash

Construction & Engineering

SAICE inaugurates 2025 president, on path to net zero

20 Dec 2024

Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure Sihle Zikalala at the awards ceremony ahead of the Indaba

Sustainable Development

Municipalities enter the climate crisis chat at built environment indaba

Lindsey Schutters 9 Dec 2024

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

DPWI in hot water again over Mbombela High Court crisis

Property Development

DPWI in hot water again over Mbombela High Court crisis

Lindsey Schutters 4 Nov 2024

Law Practice

Mpumalanga High Court to open for business

4 Nov 2024

Portfolio Committee on Justice and Constitutional Development chairperson Xola Nqola

Infrastructure & Utilities

Justice committee blasts DPWI over court infrastructure crisis

Lindsey Schutters 25 Oct 2024

Land & Property Law

Illegal business occupants given 14 days to comply with the law

27 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

AI is our biggest help and threat in the current age of cybersecurity

Cybersecurity

How AI is shaping the ransomware threat landscape

Rick Vanover 16 Jul 2024

Sibanye-Stillwater website still down after cyberattack

Markets & Investment

Sibanye-Stillwater website still down after cyberattack

15 Jul 2024

Image source: Maksim Kabakou –

4th Industrial Revolution

Guard against cyber breaches: Equipping your organisation and employees

Wendy Tembedza, Dario Milo, and Dumisani Ndiweni 15 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: © Global African Network The DFFE and DPWI have entered into a MOA on the preferential access for small-scale fisheries co-operatives to public works facilities

Fishing

DFFE and DPWI preferential access for small scale fisheries MOA

16 May 2024

Facilities & Property Management

Appeal in case concerning R40m SA-Zimbabwe border fence dismissed

11 Apr 2024

#BestofBiz 2023: Property

Property

#BestofBiz 2023: Property

19 Dec 2023

Deputy minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Bernice Swarts.

Skills Development

DPWI calls on industry to empower individuals with disabilities

7 Dec 2023

DPWI and SANDF to unveil 100 new bridges in rural SA

Infrastructure & Utilities

DPWI and SANDF to unveil 100 new bridges in rural SA

26 Oct 2023

ERWIC award winners. Source: x.com

Skills Development

#WomensMonth: Cidb awards celebrate outstanding women in construction

28 Aug 2023

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

Construction & Engineering

Zikalala condemns disruptions caused by 'construction mafia'

31 Jul 2023

Image source: Sergii Gnatiuk –

Law Practice

New Soshanguve Magistrate court to be completed on time

27 Jul 2023

Infrastructure Investment Plan projects worth R21.4bn now complete

Infrastructure & Utilities

Infrastructure Investment Plan projects worth R21.4bn now complete

26 Apr 2023

DPWI approves release of 2.8ha of land in KZN for housing development

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

DPWI approves release of 2.8ha of land in KZN for housing development

6 Mar 2023

DPWI approves release of 1,199ha of land to settle Mpumalanga restitution claim

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

DPWI approves release of 1,199ha of land to settle Mpumalanga restitution claim

30 Jan 2023

Image: Patricia de Lille -

Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance

De Lille to award built environment bursaries

25 Jan 2023

Image source: Polina Tankilevitch from

Legislation & Regulation

Public invited to comment on EPWP policy

19 Sep 2022

Work underway to repair flood-ravaged buildings in KZN

Infrastructure & Utilities

Work underway to repair flood-ravaged buildings in KZN

21 Apr 2022

6 arrested following Durban construction site invasion

Construction & Engineering

6 arrested following Durban construction site invasion

3 Feb 2022

53 students to receive built environment bursaries from DPWI

Skills Development

53 students to receive built environment bursaries from DPWI

31 Jan 2022

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

Infrastructure & Utilities

Draft National Infrastructure Plan 2050 gazetted for public comment

12 Aug 2021

Magistrate's court currently convening in a car park

Law Practice

Magistrate's court currently convening in a car park

Bernard Chiguvare 6 Aug 2021

Anti-corruption forum for infrastructure projects set to launch

Infrastructure & Utilities

Anti-corruption forum for infrastructure projects set to launch

21 May 2021

Public Works launches database to help fight unemployment

Youth Employment

Public Works launches database to help fight unemployment

31 Aug 2020

DPWI partners with AgriSETA to train 400 artisans

Skills Training

DPWI partners with AgriSETA to train 400 artisans

25 Aug 2020

More public land released for restitution, redistribution

Land Policy, Reform & Restitution

More public land released for restitution, redistribution

12 Jun 2020

Central banks and other financial sector regulators have not always paid adequate attention to the sector’s impact on the environment. Shutterstock

Banking

Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It's about time

Danny Bradlow 2 Sep 2019