[
  {
    "classification": "Local store observations",
    "url": "https://www.cashbuild.co.za/cement-yard/301-cement-afrisam-all-purpose-425n?link_store=QBZ3qnx7",
    "assessment": "Kuruman product page: named store, exact SKU, VAT and handling shown."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Local published leaflet",
    "url": "https://www.cashbuild.co.za/module/gb_leaflet/download?id_leaflet=9762",
    "assessment": "Kuruman and Mothibistad, zone 34A. Expires 20 September 2026. Product prices, VAT footer and distance tariffs verified visually."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Comparable area observation",
    "url": "https://www.cashbuild.co.za/cement-yard/301-cement-afrisam-all-purpose-425n?store=S144",
    "assessment": "Vryburg Central, same AfriSam SKU. Comparison only; North West is not the Northern Cape."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Delivery conditions",
    "url": "https://www.cashbuild.co.za/articles/general-tc-s/delivery-policy",
    "assessment": "Delivery and handling are additional. Address, access, quantity and small-order conditions matter."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Independent cost context",
    "url": "https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.asaqs.co.za/resource/resmgr/4_resources/free_resources/other_publications/aecom_africa_cost_guide_2025.pdf",
    "assessment": "AECOM 2025/26: prices dated 1 July 2025, mainly Gauteng basis. Pages 53, 55, 56 and 58 checked. Not local installed-rate evidence."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Civil engineering labour floor",
    "url": "https://bccei.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Amended-Wages-and-Task-Grade-Collective-Agreement-Jan-2026.pdf",
    "assessment": "Gazette 54030, 23 January 2026. PDF page 16, wage column effective 1 September 2026. Apply only within agreement scope."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Time adjustment source",
    "url": "https://www.statssa.gov.za/?PPN=P0151.1&SCH=74475&page_id=1854",
    "assessment": "July 2026 construction-material index release identified, published 27 August. Download failed in this pass; no index values or escalation calculations were used."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Forum research",
    "url": "https://mybroadband.co.za/forum/threads/building-a-house-cost-per-square-meter.1301121/",
    "assessment": "Discussion provides a lead to AECOM. No independently verified Northern Cape rate series established."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Forum research",
    "url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/askSouthAfrica/comments/1iqru63/",
    "assessment": "Self-reported costs mix dates, locations and uncertain floor areas. Not admitted as priced evidence."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Historical local evidence",
    "url": "https://www.buildit.co.za/promotions-za/15894.pdf",
    "assessment": "Build it Kuruman: actual promotion 29 June to 12 July 2023, despite recent search indexing. Excluded from current observations."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Local supplier lead",
    "url": "https://www.seanblake.co.za/",
    "assessment": "Kuruman supplier confirmed. No dated public item prices established in this pass."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Local supplier lead",
    "url": "https://www.poortbeton.co.za/",
    "assessment": "Upington concrete/aggregate supplier lead. No verified published rates extracted."
  },
  {
    "classification": "Rejected rate shortcut",
    "url": "https://www.okhantu.co.za/cost-of-bricks-and-blocks-in-kuruman",
    "assessment": "Localised landing page describes typical South African ranges. Not accepted as a verified local brick quote."
  }
]