Gauteng | Infrastructure news - Part 7

Gauteng

Ekurhuleni aerotropolis image

Developing a critical hub

Ekurhuleni is unquestioningly one of South Africa’s key areas of interest when it comes to sustaining and developing the wealth of the country. Home to OR Thambo International Airport, it is home, not only to a key transport and logistics hub, but...

Sedibeng municipality delivers

The Sedibeng municipality, south of Johannesburg is the only Gauteng municipality to score a clean audit from the auditor general this week. Kimi Makwetu was particularly impressed with how the council managed human resources in the 2012/2013...

Stop/Go to improve on N4

The long term Stop/Go at the Crocodile Gorge on the N4 between Nelspruit and Malalane is going to be replaced with a shorter daytime Stop/Go from mid-October. Trans African Concessions (TRAC) begand construction of the gorge in April 2013 as part...
Construction site

R4.9 billion for Gauteng infrastructure

The Gauteng Department of Infrastructure Development (DID) will oversee a budget of close to R4.9 billion in this financial year. The department has been allocated an amount of R 1.976 billion for the 2014/15 financial year to implement programmes...

Gauteng to pilot transparent procurement process

To enhance the openness and transparency of provincial procurement processes, the Gauteng Provincial Treasury and the Department of Transport have agreed to pilot an open process around selected tenders in this financial year. The process will...

Billion Rand plans for Gauteng infrastructure

The Department of Infrastructure Development is revising its five year strategy and plans to be in line with government’s new ten pillar programme of radical transformation, modernisation and re-industrialisation. “Our vision is to be a leading...

10-member Gauteng e-toll panel chosen

Reviewing the implementation of e-tolls in Gauteng gets underway when the panel sits in its first meeting on 17 July. The 10-member panel set up by Gauteng Premier David Makhura will be assisted by a technical team, will make its recommendation to...
E-tolls

Don’t create confusion around e-tolls

There is no uncertainty around e-tolls in Gauteng and people should not deliberately create confusion around this issue says the Portfolio Committee on Transport. The Chairperson of the Committee Dikeledi Magadzi said the Committee was concerned by...