National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) Announces Revision of Home Building Manuals.

The Municipality propose to levy a new development charge. The reasons submitted by the Municipality relate to recovery of the cost of providing infrastructure for new developments and the necessary services required.

The deadline for businesses to submit their manuals on how to access their records, as required by the Promotion of Access to Information Act of 2000 (PAIA) is fast approaching.

Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) says in a press statement today (Nov 20) that it is seriously concerned regarding the manner in which the recent cancellation of the government’s Public Private Sector Partnerships (PPPs) ......

After preliminary investigations conducted earlier by the Competition Commission, a great deal of evidence was found of wide-scale construction tender collusion.

B-BBEE was initiated by the government in response to criticism that Black Economic Empowerment was too narrow resulting in the enrichment of only a few South African Blacks.

The national Minister of Transport Sibosiso Ndebele has indicated that in Africa, up to half of all hospital surgical beds are occupied by patients injured on the roads and that vehicles had become the deadliest weapons of mass destruction ....

The new amendment to the Building Regulations, promulgated on 9 September 2011 state that:

Chapter 7 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa Act of 1996 provides for the provision of the so-called third tier of government in South Africa at local level.

There have been a few changes implemented by the South African Revenue Service with regards to Employee's Tax (i.e. PAYE ) which employers need to be aware of.