Off the beaten track in Limpopo – top 5 highlights off the N1
Taking the N1 through Limpopo up to the Zimbabwean border is a long drive and there’s not much to do or see along it. That’s if you’re in a hurry along this stretch of the national ..
Environment
SANRAL teams up with Rhodes University to protect rare vegetation
SANRAL has teamed up with Rhodes University to save a rare, endemic plant species, Oldenburgia grandis, and has now brought this species home to help educate Grahamstown residents in the local botanical gardens. Oldenburgia grandis, an ..
Explore uKhahlamba-Drakensberg. The N3 will take you there!
This heritage month, explore the majestic peaks of uKhahlamba-Drakensberg, and our roads will get you there safely. The mountainous landscape holds the treasures of over 35 000 examples of San rock paintings, an array of protected ..
Saving Leopards along the N4
The Bakwena Platinum Corridor Concessionaire embarked on a joint research project in 2014 with the North West Province Department of Environment, Economic Development, Conservation & Tourism to track the movements of leopards in the Magaliesberg. Four ..
Wetlands saved and upgraded during road upgrade
Construction was put on hold when we came into contact with a wetlands forest along the Kwambonambi intersection on the N2 highway, north of Richards Bay in KwaZulu-Natal. As we progressed with our upgrade, we started ..
Reducing SANRAL’s carbon footprint for a better future
We are aware of our duty to help reduce our carbon footprint. We replace tar with asphalt, which is bitumen-based and environmentally friendly. We recycle road construction materials whereby?aggregate, bitumen and asphalt is milled from old roads, reworked and used ..
N7 Road of flowers
When we took on the upgrade of the N7 between Melkbos and Atlantis, we were very careful in looking after the Fynbos. Fynbos is a kind of shrubbery and heathlands that is found in the coastal ..
Keiskamma aloes saved
Aloe Ferox is the official plant of the Eastern Cape Province. In appearance, the leaves have a dull blue/green look to them with a slight reddish tinge. There are usually between five and eight branches, and ..
Trout rescued with artificial fish ladder
We are in charge of a new rehabilitation programme that allows for fishes to survive disruptions to their environment. In order to do this, a fish ladder will be created. A fish ladder is also also known ..
N3 De Beers Expressway closer to realization
The De Beers Expressway connecting Keeversfontein in KwaZulu-Natal with Warden in the Free State is close to being completed. When a new road of a certain size is built, there are many environmental requirements that need ..