Compare the strength, the price per thousand and the delivery before you pay. A free request for clay bricks in Mthatha goes to a supplier serving Mthatha and nearby areas of Eastern Cape, and you see the offers side by side.
Clay Bricks in Mthatha
Clay bricks in Mthatha: say whether you want stock or face bricks, the number or the wall size, and the delivery address. Clay brickyards that deliver to Mthatha, Eastern Cape can quote per 1,000 delivered and say whether all your bricks will come from one firing.
The main clay bricks page explains the options, the standards and the costs in more detail.
Bricks & blocks in Mthatha: local notes
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 clay bricks requests in the area come from:
- Homeowners: clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition
- New brick-making businesses: resellers buying clay bricks by the truck load for local builders
- Brickyards and block yards: clay yards selling stock, semi face and face bricks from each firing
Local tips for Mthatha
Most asked for in Mthatha: cement blocks for village houses and rondavels, machines for local yards. Where the yards and suppliers are: hardware stores and block yards in town; small yards in the villages around. A useful tip: ask whether the price includes delivery to the village and offloading.
Clay Bricks usually suit plastered and face brick walls, paving, made or supplied like this: clay shaped, dried and fired in a kiln. For homeowners, the biggest group here, that usually means clay stock bricks for a plastered house, garage or room addition. On the weather side: hot summers with storms, cold winters inland; cover fresh blocks year round.
Service area: Mthatha and surrounds
Suppliers and contractors on our network work in Mthatha and surrounding areas, including Ngcobo, Libode, Qunu, Mqanduli, Tsolo, Viedgesville. Give the suburb or township and whether a big truck can get in, so the quote can allow for delivery and offloading.