An $870 million (R9.3 billion) financial agreement has been signed for the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project (LTWP). “The signing of the over US $870m financing agreements represents a major breakthrough to actualizing the biggest clean power energy...
An agreement between Botswana and Namibia has been signed paving the way for a 1 500 kilometre long railway line to be built. This railway line will traverse the Kalahari desert connecting land-locked Botswana with Namibia’s port of Walvis Bay. The...
Durban has won the IBM Smarter City Challenge that will see IBM experts providing expertise and working with the City’s leadership to develop a roadmap to a smart city which is aligned to the economic development and job creation plan for the City....
Infrastructure development is both a defining challenge and a standout investment opportunity for Africa and investors around the world. Africa’s future depends on the continent’s policy makers doing the right thing. That is working to create...
Economic regulators should cut back cost overruns of large infrastructure projects by limiting user tariffs used to repay them. National Energy Regulator of South Africa’s (Nersa) Patrick Mabuza told this to a recent conference hosted by Nersa and...
Preliminary assessment estimates the cost of the reconstruction and rehabilitation of infrastructure damaged by floods across the North West Province at over R100 million. North West Premier Thandi Modise says this will require emergency funding to...
The cost of insuring public infrastructure projects in South Africa has risen steeply over the past few years. This is mainly due to poor workmanship by unqualified contractors, theft and vandalism. The cost of insuring public infrastructure...
President Jacob Zuma says the opening of De Hoop Dam is a celebration as it takes development forward in Limpopo. The De Hoop Dam, the 13th largest dam in the country, was officially opened this week. The dam forms part of the Olifants River Water...
The Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) have entered into a collaboration on sanitation innovation solutions for South Africa. A memorandum of understanding – “Partnership in the...
