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June 2016
Bricks & Paving
T
he R700 million Marikana Ex-
tension 2 residential project
will yield an impressive 2 600
units on completion.
This includes government fully
subsidised units, Finance Linked In-
dividual Subsidy Programme (FLISP)
partially subsidised housing and fully
bonded units. Contractors Malome
Business Enterprise, Andisa Road and
General Construction and Motheo
Construction Group will roll out a
range of housing typologies.
Malome Business Enterprise built
292 units using 1,1 million Corobrik
CoroJemclass bricks from its Rietvlei
factory. Each 45 m² unit consists of
two bedrooms, bathroom, lounge
and kitchen.
A further 252 Community Residen-
tial Units (CRUs) – one
and two bedroom
apartments – were
constructed by the
Motheo Construction
Group and Andisa
Road and General
Construction using
310 000 Corobrik
Montana Travertine
Face Brick Standard
clay bricks.
North West pre-
mier, Supra Mahu-
mapelo, handed over
some of the complet-
ed houses to ben-
eficiaries earlier this
year.
“Face brick is re-
ally the perfect ma-
terial for any govern-
ment infrastructure
project,” said Musa
The North West Department of Local Government and Human
Settlements andmining giant Lonmin have developed 544 houses for
the local mining community in the North West Province.
R700 m Marikana housing project
Shangase, Commercial Director for
Corobrik. “We are always delighted to
support government initiatives such
as these, providing excellent housing
for worthwhile beneficiaries.”
Apart from the durability, strength
and quality of Corokbrik’s face brick
range, Shangase says, “Face brick
offers the lowest lifecycle cost as no
further maintenance, nor plastering
or painting is required once the bricks
are laid. Brick wall construction also
provides better acoustics and supe-
rior thermal comfort, negating the
need for artificial heating and cooling,
which also reduces costs.”
Further to this, correctly laid brick-
work has minimal cavities, making
the structures impervious to vermin
infestation.
Face brick’s ability to absorbwater
slowly and then release it through
evaporation prevents moisture build
up thereby ensuring a healthy living
environment. “The aesthetic quality
of face brick immediately creates a
welcoming structure, which is evi-
dent in every unit constructed at the
Marikana housing project,” concludes
Shangase.
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