Brick Manufacturers & Members

Download 2019's last issue of our CBA Member's newsletter "The Voice". Print copies are curently being distributed to members - please contact the CBA if you don't receive your copies!

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Algoa Brick has donated R50 000 for road paving to Khayalethu Youth Centre in Port Elizabeth. This hard-working organisation provides intervention programmes and alternative care for street...view more

CBA Executive Director Mariana Lamont shares this insightful leadership article from Harvard Business Review.

By the end of the year, our days are packed to the brim with holidays, family...view more

Fundiswa Ndaba, Senior Policy Analyst: Public Affairs and Transformation at The Minerals Council reports on the Mining Charter 2018

MC2018 became effective on the 1 March 2019....view more

Corobrik is one of several local businesses who has taken heed of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s call for investment. As it readies its R800 million new mega factory in Driefontein for full...view more

Nova Brick assist local primary school to build a library and science centre.

Balebogeng Primary School was founded in 1956 during the previous dispensation and serves the community of Mamelodi East, Ward 33.

“The need for a media centre was brought to our attention...view more

Ceramic Training Course

Dr Andrew Smith, University of Derby

In 2018 Dr. Andrew Smith's highly-regarded Ceramic Training was well attended by CBA members and we received only positive feedback! The CBA has arranged for Dr Smith to return in November 2019 to expand on the topic with a 2-day course on “Properties of clays”, focusing on the Drying and Firing processes. 

Attendees will receive an official attendance certificate from the University of Derby, England.

Dates: Monday 18 November and Tuesday 19 November.
Venue: FNB Conference Centre in Sandton, JHB

Reserve your seat below!

Fuel switching is often considered an essential step in achieving a low-carbon future.

Rain water, storm water, grey water, ground water and water reclaimed from manufacturing processes can be treated and reused.

Unfired clay bricks were first used in Mesopotamia around the third millennium BC.

These posters are available for your office or showroom, and can be personalised with your company information and logo

The Voice is a printed magazine for CBA members. The July issue of The Voice has been published. Members - please contact Marnie at the CBA on admin@claybrick.org.za if your printed issue has not...view more

Submitted by: Lisa Reynolds

Carbon Tax is being implemented in South Africa from 1 June 2019. At the CBA’s annual conference, Lisa Reynolds of Green Building Design Group (GreenBDG)...view more

Dr Garth Tayler, a consultant in Ceramic Science and heavy clay production spoke on the 80:20 Rule as applied to sustainable brick manufacture.

Back in 1906 the Italian engineer,...view more

Best Performance Students : from left to right Cindy Mkhize from the Balwin Properties - Foundation Assistant, Mbali Banda – Student, Muzikayifani Gedeza – Student, Siphosenkosi Sityata – Student and Derrick Dimba - Building School Co-Coordinator from Corobrik.

The recent Quarterly Labour Force Survey published by Stats SA indicated a spike in unemployment with some 27.1% of the country’s employable population actively seeking work. This is most notable...view more

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