{
  "id": 16840321,
  "title": "CIDB removes 13 construction companies over alleged registration misrepresentation",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/cidb-removes-13-construction-companies-over-alleged-registration",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-28T03:37:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "IOL",
    "slug": "iol",
    "url": "https://iol.co.za/mercury/news/2026-10-28-cidb-removes-13-construction-companies-over-alleged-registration-misrepresentation/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has removed 13 construction companies from the National Register of Contractors due to alleged misrepresentation in their applications for upgrading registration grades. Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson announced this decision alongside CIDB board chairperson Khulile Nzo and chief executive Bongani Dladla. Since 2024, the CIDB has blacklisted a total of 75 contractors for contract breaches, bringing the cumulative total to 75 contractors removed from the register for registration requirement violations over the past two years.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}