The contracting joint venture building the 1.1km-long Mtentu Bridge in South Africa has terminated the contract, citing threats of violence as the reason behind its decision.
The planned Mangoky River Bridge project in Madagacar has secured a loan from the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development.
A team from WilkinsonEyre and Cowi has set off from the UK to build a footbridge that will enable safe year-round access across the Sebeya River in Rwanda.
An agreement has been signed for the development and finance of a road-rail bridge linking the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Republic of Congo.
Construction of a flagship bridge project in South African has had to be stopped because violent protests have been taking place.
A contractor has now been appointed to build South Africa’s longest cable-stayed bridge, following a restart of the bidding process.
The protracted inquiry into the fatal collapse of the Grayston Drive bridge in Johannesburg is resuming.
Work on the superstructure of the second of two bridges being built over the Benue River in Nigeria started last autumn, and is due for completion in October this year. Micha Petri reports
The independent checking team has been chosen for the temporary works needed to build the Mtentu River Bridge in South Africa.
A municipality in South Africa is considering the installation of steel cages over some of its bridges to prevent rocks being thrown onto vehicles below.
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has launched a new tender process for a major cable-stayed bridge.
The inquiry into the fatal collapse of a bridge in South Africa has been postponed to July 2018 following production of a new report.
The inquiry into the M1 Grayston Bridge collapse in South Africa is resuming after being postponed.
The findings have been published of an investigation carried out into last month’s collapse of the Geldenhuys Pedestrian Bridge.
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) has awarded the tender for the 1.1km Mtentu Bridge.
Construction of the Maputo-Katembe Bridge in Mozambique is continuing - see current progress on the site via this drone footage.
Several people narrowly escaped death when a pedestrian bridge fell onto a South African highway yesterday.
Hearings postponed again due to 'technical challenges'
The African Development Bank has approved funding of US$804 million for projects including a 1.4km bridge in Abidjan, the economic capital of Ivory Coast.
A new suspension bridge which will be the biggest in Africa is under construction in Maputo Bay. Bai Pengyu and Jörn Seitz report on progress so far
