On 20 February 2019, Tito Mboweni, Finance Minister delivered his 2019 Budget Speech. Hereby a short summary of some of th...

Members are requested to please take note of the following directive from Department of Labour: "Government Gazette...

On 1 April 2018, Value-Added Tax (VAT) will increase for the first time in 25 years, from 14% to 15%. All receipts, invoic...

Before then Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba delivered his budget speech in Parliament on 21 February 2018, South African ci...

Ethekwini Municipality website www.durban.gov.za published an article in late December 2017, stating that a contractor wil...

Relative to other industries in South Africa and construction industries worldwide, the construction process generates a d...

Safetember, a campaign initiated by the Federated Employer’s Mutual Assurance (FEM), aims to raise awareness on accidents...

Enza Construction (Pty) Ltd is proud to announce that it has been ISO:45001:2018 certified. This safety management syst...

Draft outline on developing a fall protection plan During the month   of September FEM has an initiative call...

For the past several years, injuries and fatalities resulting in working fall risk positions has increased and contributed...

The Association has noticed a marked increase of clients and main contractors amending the Principal Building Agreement an...

On 8 August 2019 the Government Gazette published the long awaited CIDB Standard for Uniformity In Engineering And Constru...

Construction projects involve a myriad of specialty contractors working concurrently on a project site. On any given day,...

POPI is designed to safeguard personal information. It balances the legitimate needs of organisations to collect, record a...

It is a well-known fact that there are advantages and disadvantages of using standard form building contracts. In South Af...

Often when receiving a retirement fund benefit statement, one would immediately examine the rate of return earned on the i...

Do you offer Pension or Provident Fund benefits to your staff? If so, do you understand the costs associated with it? For...

The SA Revenue Service has increased the tax return threshold from R350, 000 to R500, 000. This means that individuals ear...

In the digital world we live in, for a nation to develop and prosper it becomes vital for the population to have access to...

Background Where a property developer constructed residential units for sale and these units are temporarily let out...

Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal held its Annual Awards event at the Durban International Conference Centre (ICC) on Friday,...

MBSA Congress to Address State Of SA Construction Sector The annual Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) Congress, s...

The Association actively engages with relevant stakeholders to ensure that the interests of our members are fully represen...

Our members are finding it increasingly difficult to remain in business. We have not seen as many business rescue applicat...

In my role as Zululand Area Manager, I have over the last few months engaged with several industry stakeholder bodies from...

Local Zululand newspaper the Zululand Observer, has reported that a R45-billion gas-to-power plant project is in the pipel...

Ross Stembridge, Building Service Manager participated in the Stakeholder Engagement Forum at the KZN Construction Trade E...

In response to the need of our members and the industry in general, the Association launched the Training Academy in 2013,...

The past few months have seen increased media coverage of school-based violence. These reports range from bullying and nam...

Terminology used in education and training is often a challenge to many. The objective of this article is to address commo...

The vast majority of industry practitioners who occupy supervisory roles have either been artisans who had been promoted t...

The Association held an evacuation drill on 19 March 2019. On the day, there were three people with disabilities in our Tr...

South African Builder is the official journal for the Master Builders SA (MBSA). Published since 1923, it offers the lates...

The Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (RF) (PTY) LTD - (FEM) continues their successful effort in contributing...

FEM’s professional service in both obtaining Letters of Good Standing as well as processing of claims makes them an obviou...