‘In a coma’: Cashbuild update shows strain on bakkie builders, home owners

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Article highlights:

  • Volumes are moving backwards at Cashbuild, SA’s biggest building materials supplier.
  • Analysts say this is a reflection of a sputtering economy and a consumer under severe pressure from a spike in interest rates.
  • There are also no tailwinds on the horizon to give the low-income building segment a boost.