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Staff and students at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University can expect to see more earthmoving equipment and construction workers in hard hats around on its campuses over the next few months with new building projects of more than R250m starting.

Plans are now advanced for the construction  of the R116m Business School and the 200-seater lecture venue, both on the Second Avenue campus. In addition, the Second Avenue Campus library will receive an R8m upgrade.

A construction tender for the 75-bed George Campus residence closed in May.

According to NMMU’s Director: Projects and Planning Greg Ducie construction on an expanded aquatics centre at the sport centre on South Campus will start this month while the contractor for a new Human Movement Sciences (HMS) building near the postgraduate village on South Campus and a 312-bed residence, alongside the Sanlam Student Village, will also be on site this month.

“It is exciting that NMMU is embarking on these big projects which will go a long way in improving the quality of teaching and learning at NMMU.

“The Business School project which has integrated sustainability principles in its design is a pioneering project of its kind in the higher education sector in South Africa, and we are very proud of this achievement,” says NMMU Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Institutional Support Dr Sibongile Muthwa.

When the staff moves out of the old HMS block, the revamping of the block and the adjacent Education faculty facilities can start.

In the meantime, the completion of the new R34m Engineering building is expected at the beginning of August.

The completed projects are:

  • The refurbishment of the second and third floors of the Health Sciences building on South Campus
  • The upgrading of offices in the Heinz Betz Centre
  • The one-stop administrative hub for students in the Embizweni building on South Campus
Muthwa Sibongile
NMMU Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Institutional Support Dr Sibongile Muthwa
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