The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) will be hosting three-day technical skills workshop for 50 military veterans in Nelson Mandela Bay starting from 20 to 23 July 2016 at the Soweto on Sea Multipurpose Centre in Port Elizabeth. The purpose of the workshop is to equip military veterans with home building technical skills and […]
Polokwane â Council members of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) today assessed building standards in and around Polokwane in order to highlight the importance of regulation in the housing industry. NHBRC Member of Council Themba Dlamini highlighted that the NHBRC will not tolerate any non-compliance and shoddy workmanship from homebuilders. âWe are visiting […]
Port Elizabeth, Tuesday, 12 July, 2016 – The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) and the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality today held a Youth in Construction Dialogue aimed at empowering aspiring young entrepreneurs in the home building sector. The Executive Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay Mr Danny Jordaan delivered a keynote address at the event, […]
Rustenburg âToday Council members of the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) assessed building standards in and around Rustenburg as part of its oversight responsibility. The purpose of these site inspections by NHBRC senior officials is to highlight the importance of regulation in the housing industry. However, NHBRC Executive Chairperson, Abbey Chikane said that the […]
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) will be hosting a dialogue with the youth on economic opportunities in the construction industry on 28 June 2016 at the Vaalbank Library, Siyabuswa in Mpumalanga Province The dialogue will be done in partnership with the Small Enterprise Development Agency (SEDA), Provincial Department of Human Settlements (DHS) and […]
The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) has welcomed the recent announcement by Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu that the department would no longer spend money on fixing poorly built RDP houses. âWe are serious about addressing the issue of shoddy workmanship in the industry and our mandate can be effectively carried out when all […]
As part of efforts to skill housing inspectors and builders on home building guidelines and standards, the National Home Builderâs Registrations Council (NHBRC) is conducting an intensive two day workshop at the Birchwood Hotel starting on the 16th until 17th of March. The workshop will focus on the recently released guidelines which were developed by […]
Repairing badly constructed houses costs South Africans millions of rands annually. This is according to National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) spokesperson Tshepo Nkosi. Speaking at the launch of the housing regulatorâs countrywide consumer education campaign, Nkosi added that despite a house being the most significant purchase that the average consumer will ever make, many […]
The National Home builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is currently rolling out an Inspector Training Programme to sharpen the skills of home inspectors in a bid to clampdown on shoddy workmanship in the Eastern Cape Province. The training programme is offered to municipal building inspectors and Human Settlements Departmental inspectors to enhance their skills and technical […]
Today the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) launched a series of building guidelines that are set to make a significant impact on the way the local construction sector operates. A comprehensive manual outlining the guidelines were released during a breakfast at Montecasino in Fourways, Johannesburg, which was attended by various industry bodies. The revisions […]