Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for bricks in Mthatha goes to a supplier serving Mthatha and nearby areas of Eastern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Bricks in Mthatha
Bricks in Mthatha: say the brick type (cement, clay stock or face), the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Brickyards serving Mthatha, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say how soon a truck can come and whether it can offload with a crane.
Want to know more first? Our bricks guide covers the types, the sizes and what affects the price.
Mthatha notes on bricks & blocks
Village houses around Qunu, Mqanduli and Libode are mostly built in hollow cement blocks, often made nearby, with rondavels and square houses side by side. In Northcrest, Southernwood and Fort Gale, extensions and flats use blocks and maxi bricks, with some face brick. Ask for the strength of the units, because blocks from a rushed yard can be weak and crumble at the corners.
Bricks, blocks and brick making in Mthatha
Rural villages across the former Transkei build with cement blocks, and Mthatha is where much of that material comes from. Families in villages around Qunu, Mqanduli, Libode and Tsolo put up rondavels, square houses and outbuildings, often with blocks made on the spot by a small yard nearby. In town, Northcrest, Fort Gale and Southernwood see extensions, flats and shops. Distances are long and some roads are rough gravel, so deliveries take planning and many builders buy a machine instead of trucking blocks. Summers are hot with heavy storms, and winters can be cold inland, so cover fresh blocks year round. Water is a real question at many village sites.
Typical bricks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house
- New brick-making businesses: a small yard making cement stock bricks to sell to builders in the area
- Brickyards and block yards: yards topping up stock with bought-in bricks when their own production runs short
Local tips for Mthatha
Yards and suppliers serving Mthatha mostly work from here: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around. The requests that come up most: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. When you ask for quotes, ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading.
Requests range widely: 222 x 106 x 73 mm, about 52 a square metre. Here, homeowners lead the requests, typically for bricks for an extra room, a garage or a boundary wall round the house. One local point to raise: cement and bricks by truck along the N2; machines often from East London.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Our network covers Mthatha together with Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. A street address helps a supplier work out the delivery before quoting.