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South African Government Policy: Library Guide: Construction

Bibliographic records and links of South African government policies, plans and strategies

Green papers

South Africa. Department of Public Works. Green paper : creating an enabling environment for reconstruction, growth and development in the construction industry. Pretoria: Government Printer, January 1998. In: South Africa. Government Gazette no. 18615 (14 January 1998), General notice 89 of 1998. Shelf no. G 68 E.WORK.98.GREE

 

Plans

South Africa Construction Action Plan (SACAP) 2025. There seems to be no actual document. 

Minister Dean Macpherson: Press Briefing on the South African Construction Action Plan (SACAP), 29 October 2025. Lists 6 Actions. 

Green building

The Public Works Green Building Policy was launched in October 2018. Another source records a National Framework for Green Building in South Africa, adopted in November 2011. Another source refers to a Green Building Framework, 2011 and a Green Building Policy, 2015.

CSIR Built Environment Unit. Towards a green building policy framework. First draft V2. Pretoria: Department of Public Works, January 2011.

Department of Public Works. Draft 3: DPW green building framework. Pretoria: Department of Public Works, 2013?