Eskom might face difficulties in raising funds for its coal-fired projects in future if environmental organisations kept challenging decisions to fund coal plants, Econometrix’s chief economist, Azar Jammine, said yesterday. Jammine was reacting to...
The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) may have to buy back bonds, the Auditor-General is warning of disclaimers and qualified audits, there are questions around whether Sanral would remain an going concern and the potential for increased...
The cost of phase one of the Gauteng Freeway Improvement Project (GFIP) alone has escalated significantly, to almost R90 billion. Democratic Alliance (DA) Gauteng transport spokesperson Neil Campbell says the entire GFIP project, and not just phase...
It is five o’clock in the evening and the computer dials at the nerve-centre of state electricity firm Eskom are cranking towards the red as millions of people get home and turn on their heating, hot water and cookers. In the next two hours, demand...
Hundreds of Numsa members in Nelson Mandela Bay are set to benefit from a housing project following the handing over of R43.7 million worth of prime piece of land to its leadership. Eastern Cape Department of Human Settlements MEC Helen...
Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan has made an unusual appeal to the Constitutional Court in a bid to set aside the high court order halting e-tolling. “At the heart of the dispute in this case, lies a fundamental issue regarding separation of...
The tonnage of freight transported on South Africa’s roads grew by almost 40% since 2003, signalling that urgent attention is needed for the upgrading and maintenance of the country’s roads. On rural roads and rail, the increase was above 80%. In...
by Richard Jansen van Vuuren All those wonderful feelings and memories of the Soccer World Cup seem so distant lately. In just two years since the event the construction industry and government have been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons....
South Africa needs innovative ways to include the private sector in the development of infrastructure in order to increase the level of private investment in the economy, Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba said. The government has identified...
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