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The modernising of network industries – including transport – is essential if South Africa is to achieve higher and sustainable growth that can contribute to economic transformation. This is one of the issues highlighted in a ..

In August SANRAL started issuing major road construction tenders to the value of more than R40bn. This will continue over the next two to three years. “We expect a surge in road construction projects over the ..

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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

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 ..

A new strategic path for state-owned entities that will improve their ability to create jobs, enable inclusive growth and become financially sustainable, was one of the primary announcements made by President Cyril Ramaphosa in his 2019 ..

A pronounced shift towards future investment in infrastructure – including the construction and rehabilitation of sections of the national road network – was one of the prominent features of the 2018/19 Budget. Delivering his first budget ..

Minister of Transport, Dr Blade Nzimande, recently provided details of the projects that will be rolled out as part of the economic stimulus package that was announced by the President in 2018. The additional R3.5bn over ..

The annual adjustment to toll tariffs came into effect on 1 March 2019. It is in accordance with the CPI over the proceeding twelve months, which has been calculated as 4,583%. The adjusted tariffs apply on ..