Every South African has been touched by Basil Read in some form or another. Either by the roads they travel on, the houses they live in or the schools their children go to. This is how we build legacies. Basil Read is active in the building, civil engineering, roads construction, mixed-use integrated housing developments, opencast mining and related services, For 65 years, the company has played its part in building the foundations of South Africa for all its citizens.

Basil Read Holdings Limited is a holding company for a group of companies which operate in the construction sector. The Group provides earth works, road construction, civil engineering and building, housing and property development, and opencast mining.