The R93 million special maintenance project on the R75 from Wolwefontein to Jansenville Phase 2 in the Sarah Baartman District Municipality has been completed. Route R75 is one of the major National Roads within the Eastern Cape that links the...
South Africa’s road network is the largest and longest interconnected road network in sub-Saharan Africa covering approximately 750,811km of roads. Such a large network needs to be governed by multiple governmental bodies at different levels that...
“On international road maintenance day today, it is important to recognise challenges around road maintenance but also to acknowledge the progress being made and offer solutions to accelerate the delivery of road maintenance projects.” This is...
Roads that are not properly and timeously maintained are costing South Africa millions of Rands and negatively affecting the economy and society, says Saied Solomons, President of the South African Road Federation (SARF) and CEO of the Southern...
The KwaZulu-Natal MEC for Transport, Community Safety and Liaison Mxolisi Kaunda has condemned the killing of Department of Transport employee Muntuwenkosi Shange. Shange, a Field Support Officer responsible for road maintenance, was killed on duty...
The South African roads sector has an infrastructure backlog amounting to almost R200 billion, transport minister Dipuo Peters said at the Hope Ministry Church in Kempton Park on Monday. The roads sector has been facing many funding and skills...
Eqstra Fleet Management has delivered 39 new pothole repair trucks to the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA). The units were designed and developed by the JRA in conjunction with Kanu Commercial Body Construction. Eqstra, as the contract manager for...
SANRAL has increased its contract participation goals for the youth. The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) statistics indicates that out of 33 270 Civil Engineering registered enterprises, 10 112 (30.39%) are youth owned. “We have...
National Asphalt, a member of the Raubex Group, is introducing the latest innovations in road maintenance and rehabilitation to the South African market. SEAN PRETORIUS, managing director of National Asphalt, says, “Having recently acquired a...
