The Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, MP, has placed the Chairperson of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), Advocate Brenda Madumise on leave of absence with immediate effect following allegations that appeared in the media in November 2014. The Minister has appointed Mr Abbey Chikane as Caretaker Chairperson until the matter is concluded. […]

Women are severely underrepresented in the construction industry in South Africa, says Adv. Brenda Madumise, Chairperson of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC). Madumise says the latest reports from Statistic South Africa (Stats SA) indicate that women make up a small percentage of the total workforce in the construction industry. According to Stats SAs […]

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is pleased to announce its second intake for the Women Empowerment Programme (WEP) aimed at boosting leadership and business skills of women entrepreneurs in the construction industry. This follows on from the success of the pilot programme initiated in 2013 that was completed by 20 women who are […]

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has sent a structural engineer and an inspector to the site of the collapsed house in Meyersdal today to properly investigate the project. The NHBRC would like to satisfy itself as to the cause of the disaster and as to whether it falls within the ambit of the […]

As part of its CSI initiative, the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has partnered with Kavango Block Brick and Geoplast to build a user friendly house for Agnes Dyidi in Nyanga East, Western Cape. Dyidi who is 73 years old, lives with her five year old grandchild and has been bedridden in her dilapidated […]