Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson briefs the media on the findings of investigations into four recent building and structural collapses.
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has warned that a string of deadly building collapses has exposed serious weaknesses in South Africa’s construction and regulatory system, including unlawful construction, weak enforcement, inadequate municipal oversight and failures in professional accountability.
Macpherson was speaking in Pretoria on Thursday as he released the findings of four investigations conducted by the Council for the Built Environment (CBE) into incidents in Verulam, Doornkop, Sea Point and Ormonde.
The four incidents claimed 17 lives and left 24 people injured between December 2025 and March 2026.
Macpherson said the investigations showed that the incidents were not identical, but revealed recurring weaknesses that could no longer be ignored.
