Property & facilities
How to find the best electrician in Johannesburg
The best electrician is a registered one who will sign the certificate. Here are the checks to run before anyone touches your wiring.
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The construction desk.
Open tenders, who is buying, the documents that expire, the prices a rate sheet runs on, the registers, the law, the materials. Read from the portal, the gazette and the record every morning, and laid out here for the people who build, commission and supply.
73
tenders close in the next 7 days
258 open on the portal
2
dated deadlines ahead
12 documents on the clock
10
price indicators checked
on 05 Nov 2026
389
public buyers on record
since 2024/01
Closing this week
Gauteng and the panel's trades · 05 Nov 2026All 258 open →
Development Bank of Southern Africacloses Thu, 05 Nov, 23:30 · today
PROCUREMENT OF PROGRAMMES AND PROJECTS PRICING, COSTING, FRAMEWORK AND TOOL FOR A PERIOD OF TWO (2) YEARS TO THE DBSA.
Tools, plant and site consumables · Gauteng, Johannesburg · RFP161/2026
City of Tshwanecloses Fri, 06 Nov, 10:00 · tomorrow
Tender to appoint service provider(s) for electrical services -maintenance, repairs and replacement of electrical equipment, installation work, issuing of electrical certificates of compliance in City of Tshwane buildin…
Electrical · Gauteng, Pretoria · GPM 04-2026/27
National - Environment, Forestry and Fisheriescloses Fri, 06 Nov, 11:00 · tomorrow
ESTABLISHMENT OF A PANEL OF SUPPLIERS TO SUPPLY AND DELIVER BINS FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY, FISHERIES AND THE ENVIRONMENT (DFFE) WITHIN VARIOUS MUNICIPALITIES IN ALL PROVINCES WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA AS AN WHEN REQUIRE…
Furniture and loose FF&E · National, PRETORIA · DFFE-B007(26-27)
Airports Company of South Africacloses Fri, 06 Nov, 11:00 · tomorrow
REQUEST FOR BIDS FOR 1ME SERVICE PROVIDER TO PERFORM FAULT FINDING, SERVICING,REPAIR AND TESTING CIVIL EQUIPMENT AS WELL AS SUPPLY AND DELIVERY OF MECHANICAL SPARES/PARTS AT BRAAM FISCHER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT FOR A PER…
Tools, plant and site consumables · Gauteng, BLOEMFONTEIN · RFQ8796
TSHWANE AUTOMOTIVE SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONEcloses Fri, 06 Nov, 12:00 · tomorrow
Procurement and Delivery of Tools, Equipment and Storage Container
Tools, plant and site consumables · Gauteng, Silverton · TASEZ/RFQ084/2026
Dates that cost money
pinned to the noticeThe clock →
31 Mar 2027Demand
National and provincial fiscal year end: departments spend furniture, tools and PPE budgets in January to March; the furniture programmes land here
30 Jun 2027Demand
Municipal financial year end: the June/July tender peak is the run-up to it
The numbers, checked
05 Nov 2026Prices →
Rand per US dollar16,37 ZAR/USD
Repo rate7,25 %
Prime lending rate10,75 %
Diesel 0.05% wholesale, Gauteng30,85 R/litre
Brent crude97,44 USD/bbl
The lanes
refreshed every morning01TendersEvery open tender on the portal that buys a construction material or trade, read every morning, sorted by what closes next.258 open · 05 Nov 202602Who is buyingThe awards record: 389 public buyers and 306 winning suppliers across the months since 2024/01, by material family, with what each one bought and when.389 buyers · 05 Nov 202603Compliance clockThe documents a contractor or supplier must hold, each with its renewal, the dated deadlines the gazette has set, and the next thirty days of closings and briefings on the portal.16 rules, 4 dated · 05 Nov 202604PricesThe numbers a rate sheet depends on, each with its source and the day it was checked: the rand, the repo and prime rates, diesel, Brent, copper.10 indicators · 05 Nov 202605Late paymentOwed money on a certificate? The interest it has earned at the prescribed rate, the dates that end a claim, the order to escalate in with the Act behind each step, and a reminder, a letter of demand and an acknowledgement of debt, filled in.3 letters06The registersOne page per register a South African contractor lives on: what it is, who must be on it, how to look someone up for free, what it does not tell you.8 registers07MaterialsTwelve material families from ground to energy: what each one is, how much public demand it saw, how many bidders it drew, and the compulsory specifications a product must carry.12 families · 05 Nov 202608Law and glossary95 terms a contractor meets in a contract, a tender or a site file, each with what it means and where it costs money.95 terms · 05 Nov 202609PropertyFor trustees, managing agents and estates: what the Act makes a body corporate maintain, who approves a quote, what to check before a contractor starts, and what this year's tariffs do to a levy.the client's guide
Who is buying
389 public buyers, by tenders publishedThe record →
ESKOM
608 tenders · 25 awardsR34,0 bnElectrical · Tools, plant and site consumables · Plumbing, water and sanitation
Transnet SOC Ltd
199 tenders · 37 awardsR21,9 bnElectrical · Plumbing, water and sanitation · Tools, plant and site consumables
Water and Sanitation
174 tenders · 22 awardsR263,7 mGround and bulk · Concrete and cement · Plumbing, water and sanitation
Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa
128 tenders · 37 awardsR6,3 bnTools, plant and site consumables · Electrical · Plumbing, water and sanitation
Johannesburg Water
112 tenders · 4 awardsR75,6 mPlumbing, water and sanitation · Tools, plant and site consumables · Electrical
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Property & facilities
Emergency plumber in Johannesburg: what to do first
Stop the water, make the geyser safe, then call. What to check before an emergency plumber arrives, and what the quote should say.
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Compliance
What the Construction Regulations add to the OHS Act
The Act makes somebody responsible. The Regulations decide who, in writing, before anybody starts, and two of those documents belong to the client.
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Compliance
NHBRC enrolment requirements, and who actually enrols
The builder registers. The home is enrolled. Two different acts, and in practice the person selling the unit is the one exposed when the second is skipped.
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Compliance
What cidb grading you need for a R2 million contract
The answer has two halves and most contractors only check one, which is why a current registration still loses the appointment at scope review.
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Compliance
OHS prohibition notice on a building, and who fixes it
In Soweto the notice went to the tenant, the repair runs through the landlord, and only an inspector can say the building may reopen.
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Hiring?
Every register on this desk is checked before a panel contractor quotes. One quote from one company, 85% on award, 15% on completion.