TUESDAY, 11.00AM:
GOVERNMENT’s R1,74-billion infrastructure plans for the Western Cape will go ahead in spite of Cape Town’s failure to host the 2004 Olympic Games.
Olympic Bid Company project management director Mbali Swana told a press conference that the projects will proceed “because they are in accordance with central government’s development objectives”. Swana said the figure of R1,74-billion includes R86-million set aside for sports facilities.
The projects include a R700-million upgrade to Cape Town international airport, R82-million in railway station upgrades, and sports facilities in disadvantaged communities. Emerging black contractors will be favoured in the contracts.