The third annual NHBRC Homebuilder's Awards were held at Gallagher. The awards ceremony has grown from a small-localised event to a truly national event that truly reflects how seriously housing is taken in the country.

A building materials company that manufactured asbestos containing products for more than 60 years, Everite Limited, has welcomed the imminent ban on asbestos announced by the Minister of Environmental Affairs & Tourism, marthinus van Schalkwyk

An invitation has been extended to all designers and building contractors who are pre-qualified to compete in the ABSA National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) Housing Innovation Competition. Entrans will need to design and construct an innovative house at their own cost in the affordable and/or subsidy housing market segments

Between 16 and 19 October the Institute for Housing of South Africa held its 2005 International Conference at the Durban International Convention Centre. The conference was run with the central theme of 'Capacity to Deliver and Implement'. A report on the event and the multitude of presentations made is featured.

An advertorial discusses the role of the NHBRC in the housing industry, and the services it provides to those operating it

The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality hosted a Housing Conference from 23 to 26 october at the Feathermarket Centre in Port Elizabeth. The event was made possible through an ongoing partnership with the Swedish International Development Co-operation Agency (SIDA), in collaboration with Standard Bank. This Housing Conference brought together inter alia national and international decision-makers, housing developers, architects and building contractors with the purpose of discussing future housing challenges and solutions in the region.

Housing in Southern Africa attended the North West Department of Developmental Local Government and Housing's Provincial Local Government Service Delivery Audit Summit at Sun City during October