Expanding blacklist of building firms exposes ‘systemic noncompliance’ in sector

TimesLive | 10.05.2026 21:09
The Building Industry Bargaining Council (BIBC), a platform where employers and trade unions negotiate and agree on terms and conditions of employment, says the government’s blacklisting of 52 construction companies for poor performance, fraud and contractual failures exposed a “systemic culture of noncompliance” in South Africa’s building sector.