Construction industry ready and willing to get back to work
The sector employs about 10% of the SA workforce and companies, including smaller builders, want the government to heed its calls about restarting projects
24 May 2020 - 00:00
With idled cranes and quiet building sites bleeding cash, SA’s construction firms are pinning their hopes on being able to get back to work under level 3 lockdown conditions to curb the spread of the coronavirus.
Roy Mnisi, executive director of Master Builders SA, a national construction representative body, said the industry had come up with a plan to prevent its collapse even before the lockdown began.” We are able to show the government we can go back to work,” he said...
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