1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (1572+ words) Every year, the commercial construction industry loses staggering sums not to cost overruns or material price shocks, but simply to waiting for money to move. The payment chain " from project owner to general contractor to specialist subcontractor " is one of…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago  (1624+ words) The open-pit mine of the twenty-first century is increasingly a site without human operators in the cab. Across the world's largest iron ore, copper, gold and coal operations, fleets of 300-tonne haul trucks are navigating precisely mapped pit roads, dispatching…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago  (960+ words) John Deere's parent company delivers second-quarter earnings that clear analyst forecasts on both profit and revenue, with its Construction & Forestry segment posting a 29% sales jump and a 48% surge in operating profit " even as the large agriculture unit slides deeper into…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (129+ words) The South African Social Security Agency (SASSA) continues to strengthen its service delivery systems while intensifying efforts to fight fraud and corruption within the organisation....

3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (180+ words) SASSA has confirmed the payment dates for social grants in June 2026, ensuring that more than 18 million beneficiaries across South Africa are informed ahead of the new payment cycle....

3+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1192+ words) CPI surges to 4. 0% in April " the steepest print since August 2024 " as a fuel shock triggered by the Iran war collides with electricity hikes and an emerging El Ni'o threat, putting the Reserve Bank under intense pressure ahead of its 28 May…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago  (1605+ words) With diesel at a record Ksh 242. 92 per litre and the Truckers Association of Kenya joining the Transport Sector Alliance's nationwide shutdown, material deliveries, site logistics and labour movement face severe disruption this week " and the knock-on costs could outlast the…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (1408+ words) As Eskom and Johannesburg's City Power tighten compliance rules for rooftop solar, developers, contractors and specifiers who built solar into their projects face mounting regulatory uncertainty " and rising costs. JOHANNESBURG, 15 May 2026 " When South Africa's load-shedding crisis reached its worst in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (1566+ words) From Nairobi to Lagos, Accra to Johannesburg, a quiet but significant shift is reshaping how African businesses access the tools they need to build, mine, and grow. Ownership, once the default measure of enterprise strength, is giving way to a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (886+ words) WYDOT and Mc Garvin-Moberly Construction mobilize at mile marker 404. 81 south of Laramie, expanding a two-lane bottleneck to five lanes on one of the American West's most freight-stressed highways. LARAMIE, Wyoming, USA" Heavy equipment is rolling, topsoil is being stripped, and…...