MEDIA STATEMENT Date: 08 April 2024 To: All media Embargo: For Immediate Release COUNCIL FOR THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT CELEBRATES 22 YEARS: A MIRROR TO REFLECT ON THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) celebrates its 22 years of…
MEDIA STATEMENT Date: 27 March 2024 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Embargo: Immediate release BUILT ENVIRONMENT WOMEN’S NETWORK (BEWN) AN INSTRUMENT TO EMPOWER WOMEN Thirty years into democracy, the built environment sector is still not transformed and not reflective of the demographic makeup of the country….
On 11 October 2023, the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) in collaboration with South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP) joins the global community in commemorating the International Day of the Girl Child. In commemoration of this important day, (SACQSP) hosted a…
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) is proud to announce its partnership with Walter Sisulu University (WSU) and the Department of Public Works in the Eastern Cape for a groundbreaking initiative aimed at building the infrastructure skills pipeline for the province. This partnership seeks…
Durban, 29 August 2023; The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) and the Department of Public Works and Infrastructure will convene a Built Environment Climate Change Indaba from 31 August to 01 September 2023 at Olive Convention Centre in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. The impact of climate…
The Council for the Built Environment has partnered with the Pixley Ka Isaka Seme District Municipality in the Northern Cape to celebrate women in the Built Environment Sector under the theme: “Transformation of the Built Environment sector is an integral part of professionalising the State”….
In giving effect to Minister Zikalala’s announcement during the DPWI 2023 budget vote speech where he said, “by the end of July 2023, the CBE will engage stakeholders to develop a position paper on the possibility of establishing DPWI Skills Academy or College to address…
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) joins millions of South Africans in commemorating our young people who lost their lives on 16 June 1976 under the theme “Accelerating youth economic emancipation for a sustainable future”. It is indeed befitting that in 2023, Youth Month…
The built environment sector plays a crucial role in our daily lives as it shapes communities and economic activities. As we celebrate 29 years of freedom, as a sector it is important that we pause, reflect, look back and re-imagine the role of the built…
As we prepare to celebrate the International Mother Earth Day on Saturday 22 April, it is important that we reflect on our daily practices, the way we live and work. With the built environment accounting for a significant portion of global greenhouse gas emissions, it…
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) hosted a two-day Sustainability seminar on 04th and 05th April 2023 in Stellenbosch under the theme: “Past – Present – Future Mirror”. The seminar was officially opened by the Honourable Deputy Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Ms…
The impact of climate change is already felt across the globe, manifesting in unprecedented droughts, floods, bush fires, and other extreme weather events. South Africa has also bared the brunt of such with reference for example to the recent floodings in KwaZulu-Natal, Mpumalanga, North West…
The Council for the Built Environment in partnership with Feenix, a crowdfunding initiative that was birthed from the #Feesmustfall movement by its founding partner Standard Bank, is launching the ‘Build a Dream’ a crowdfunding initiative for Built Environment Students. This initiative seeks to assist indebted…
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) CEO, Dr Msizi Myeza and the Municipal Infrastructure Support Agent (MISA) CEO, Mr Ntandazo Vimba together with their executive management teams met on 21 February 2023 to devise an implementation plan aimed at capacitating and improving service delivering…
One of the most significant challenges confronting the built environment sector is that, while government departments and state-owned entities are encouraged to appoint professionally registered professionals, they do not comply with these requirements during recruitment processes. There are many cases that can be cited, where…
On 24 and 25 January 2023, the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) in collaboration with the University of Johannesburg – Centre of Applied Research and Innovation in the Built Environment (CARINBE), hosted a webinar on “Driving Digital Transition in the South African Built Environment”….
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) is pleased to announce that Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, the Honourable Ms Patricia de Lille, in accordance with section 6 of the Council for the Built Environment Act (43 of 2000), has appointed its sixth term…
In response to the Sunday Independent Newspaper article: Struggle icon’s son directors blacklisted over collusive bidding; fronting published on 15 January 2023. Download Article:
Throughout history, major events have shaped town and regional planning and the built environment sector. The world’s population has been increasing exponentially, with estimates of growth at 174% between 1950 and 2010. Between 2010 to 2050, this figure is expected to rise by a further…
Date: 13 September 2022 Location: Pretoria, South Africa Embargo: Nil The Council for the Built Environment is saddened by the disaster that unfolded the community of Jagersfontein in the Free State. As the sector we commit to work with government and assist with our…
President Cyril Ramaphosa communicated our determination as a country in responding to the Covid-19 crisis when he said: “We are determined not merely to return our economy to where it was before the coronavirus, but to forge a new economy in a new global reality.”…
EAPASA and CBE Sign MoU to Address Common Challenges in the Built Environment The Environmental Assessment Practitioners Association of South Africa (EAPASA) and the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) signed a joint Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 12 November 2021 in Pretoria committing to…
Date: 23 July 2021 The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) will be conducting industry consultations on the gazetted Identification of Engineering Work. Section 26 of the Engineering Professions Act EPA, 46 of 2000, empowers ECSA to consult with stakeholders that may be affected by…
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) has embarked on an initiative to create a workable database of unemployed graduates in the Built Environment. This initiative aims to ease the plight of graduates who, after receiving their certificates, spend years without an opportunity to practice…
Date: 30 DECEMBER 2019 The approach being followed with the IDoW process moving forward. The CBE is following its statutory mandate to, after consultation with the CC and in consultation with the councils for the professions, identify the scope of work for each category of…
9th October 2019 by Marleny Arnoldi Creamer Media Online Writer Council for Built Environment (CBE) acting chairperson Maphefo Mogodi says the built environment industry is plagued by barriers to transformation and that government and industry have not done enough to change the situation. “The inability…
CompCom concerned its rules are exclusionary and won’t promote transformation. The commission previously rejected an exemption application from the CBE in a case relating to exclusionary methods. Image: Moneyweb by Roy Cokayne | 15 October 2019 10:30 The Council for the Built Environment (CBE), the…
Current regulation impeding the implementation of projects – Department of Public Works. Roy Cokayne / MoneyWeb / 11 October 2019 00:06 Government is looking to change procurement regulations to make it easier for micro-businesses to implement projects. The Department of Public Works has recommended amendments…
Breaking the Barriers to transformation in South Africa Transformation_Indaba_2019_Media_Release.pdf
Midrand The South Africa Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP) has strongly condemned all incidences of intimidation and alleged “construction mafia” activity related to projects and construction sites that have plagued the sector with alarming increase as of lately. Download: SACPCMP Media…
