Infrastructure
Pump-station standby tests should prove restart after a real interruption
Duty rotation, alarms, backup power and downstream capacity must recover together when a working pump or electricity supply fails.
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KwaZulu-Natal
Construction reporting from KwaZulu-Natal.
Investigations
Housing signed off without services: inside the audit trail of incomplete settlements
A national audit sample found delays, defects and commissioning failures across housing projects, including homes recorded as com…
Business
Growth should not outpace a contractor’s project-control system
More sites can increase turnover while weakening cost visibility, document control and supervision across the business.
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KwaZulu-Natal road dashboard shows projects at sharply different stages
Reported progress ranges from early construction to substantial pavement completion across three provincial routes.
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R177.8m P304 upgrade reaches 25% construction
The KwaMiya-to-Drakensberg route is an inland access investment.
Investigations
PRASA’s recovery ledger: record capital spending, reopened rail and the controls still under repair
Passenger rail recovery is visible on reopened corridors, but annual reports and audit briefings show that infrastructure deliver…
Investigations
School sanitation after the backlog count: why completion needs a maintenance test
The national SAFE programme replaced thousands of identified basic pit toilets. The next accountability test is whether every fac…
Investigations
The infrastructure inspection gap: what auditors found after visiting municipal projects
Municipalities reported expenditure and completion, but physical inspections repeatedly found delay, weak quality control and ass…
Projects
Long-lead equipment should drive an integrated procurement programme
Transformers, pumps, lifts and specialist systems can decide completion months before their installation areas are ready.
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Eleven of 13 planned Zululand Welisizwe bridges completed
Two remaining KwaZulu-Natal bridge sites were at technical-assessment stage when government reported the programme update.
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Three rural bridge sites pair safer access with local work
The Besterspruit, Ngcengeni and Excelsior crossings combine connectivity goals with EPWP participation.
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Excelsior Welisizwe bridge reaches 75%
Three quarters of the bridge programme was complete at the reporting date.
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Ngcengeni Welisizwe bridge reaches 80%
The rural crossing is approaching its final construction stage.
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Besterspruit Welisizwe bridge reaches completion
The rural bridge is the first of three named structures to reach 100%.
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R423.4m P90 Nkandla upgrade reaches 55%
The programme reports 36,000 square metres delivered on the route.
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R159.1m P47/3 Melmoth project reaches 65%
More than 66,000 square metres had been completed on the northern KZN route.
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R552.1m P230 Umlalazi Drift rehabilitation reaches 35%
The rehabilitation is more than one-third through its reported programme.
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R1.09bn P7-4 Bulwer–Underberg route advances
The route is intended to strengthen an inland tourism and agricultural corridor.
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R426.7m P372 heritage-tourism road establishes site
Site establishment has reached 90% for the tourism-route programme.
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R775m P31 Marburg–Port Shepstone project reaches 13%
The arterial-road package is at an early construction stage.