• Eleven good women and men Four of eleven key appointments in roads and transport positions after the recent national and provincial elections are new, confirming the trend of continuity and change set in both national and provincial executives. Top of the list is Mr Fikile Mbalula, who takes over as Minister of Transport from Dr Blade Nzimande. Dr Nzimande returns ...
  • Judge has high praise for SANRAL The N2 Wild Coast Road (N2WCR) project is going ahead. The North Gauteng High Court denied an appeal against a decision that had confirmed SANRAL’s commitment to proceed with the construction. Judge Cynthia Pretorius found in the road’s agency’s favour and confirmed the validity of the public participation processes during the environmental assessment. This enabled ...
  • Roads: what can the country afford? What can the country afford and what does it need? This was one of the main topics at the Transport Forum’s series of discussions held between December 2018 and April this year. Difficult choices on funding lie ahead. The forum is a platform for all transport stakeholders to meet, mingle and discuss major sector issues. ...
  • Removing entry barriers SANRAL has taken one more step to transform the construction industry. In April it signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Pilot Crushtec to give small and medium enterprises access to expertise and machinery required to execute major SANRAL projects. The CEO of the roads agency, Mr Skhumbuzo Macozoma, said: “It is our intention, through ...
  • SONA focus on infrastructure Far-reaching measures to revitalise the construction sector and increased investment in infrastructure were among the highlights of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s State of the Nation Address. Opening the first session of the 6th Parliament in June, President Ramaphosa committed government to the accelerated implementation of the National Development Plan. Three issues stood out in the wide-ranging ...
Moloto progress

Training and development were provided for 135 SMMEs along with 185 NGOs from Thembisile Hani municipality, making the lives of people better. SANRAL warned informal shopkeepers not to encroach into the Moloto Road. It is illegal and dangerous.

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N2WCR progress

More than a thousand people attended a ministerial imbizo near Lusikisiki in April on progress at the Mtentu and Msikaba bridges on the N2 Wild Coast Road. SMMEs who worked on three community development projects upgraded their CIDB levels.

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Upcoming upgrades on Huguenot Tunnel

The Huguenot Tunnel will be partially closed in September, October and November from 10pm to 6am, Monday to Thursday for necessary upgrading. To accommodate increased holiday traffic, work will be suspended during December and early January.

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N2/N3 upgrade package set for end 2019

Thousands of entrepreneurs and job-seekers attended stakeholder events in Pietermaritzburg, Hammarsdale and Durban during the last week of June where SANRAL shared information on business and job opportunities available on the R30bn N2/N3 upgrade project. Some of N2/N3 freeway upgrade construction packages are expected to be awarded by the end of the year. The project …

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