Developing infrastructure, expanding investment and giving professionals crucial skills will boost the sector, to the benefit of all South Africans
Instead, Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana promised steps to ease the requirements for public-private partnerships
Disagreements over a basic income grant, labour law reform and how to save the economy mean consensus is still far off. But trade-offs – and political shifts – will eventually have to be made for there to be any hope of real change
State-owned entities have to match society’s expectations with harsh economic realities
Several struggling state-owned entities received extra funds after the medium term budget policy speech
We talk to the organisers whose every waking moment was consumed by the duty of hosting a successful tournament
The agency aims to enable the national road network to be a catalyst for growth and socio-economic transformation.
The first batch of contracts for the upgrading of the N2 and N3 will be put out to tender over the ensuing weeks, says Sanral.
Sanral has appointed Edwin Construction to continue construction of the road.
Municipalities in Mpumalanga, North West and Limpopo are significant beneficiaries of Sanral’s R40 billion construction programme to upgrade roads and improve drainage.
After 31 years of continuous and safe operation, the electrical and mechanical systems of the Huguenot Tunnel have neared their end of life, says Sanral.
Roadworks on the N2 between Ballito and Stanger to start as procurement of construction tenders commences.
Nomfuneko Bojana Matshoba, owner of Mickey Mouse Trading, shared her journey with Sanral during the ‘Taking Sanral to the People’ stakeholder engagement session.
The competition forms part of a programme which promotes engineering as a career among high school learners with potential to study engineering at university.
Yeyethu Bafazi Construction’s five female members trained with Sanral and have gone on to deliver quality services and create jobs in a male-dominated industry.
Pedestrian walkways were constructed on the R72 Section 3 to Section 4 between Birah River and Openshaw Village in the Eastern Cape.
The installation of guard rails in the high fills as well as the construction of the Baddafort intersection has helped to improve the safety of the R67.
The Sanral arch bridge on the N7 near Clanwilliam over the Olifants River in the Western Cape is this year’s winner of the Fulton Award for excellence in concrete construction.
The South African National Roads Agency held a stakeholder engagement session in Upington last week.
Are violent disruptions of infrastructure projects led by thugs or champions of change?
The finance minister has come out contradicting his ANC colleagues, saying he was unhappy about Sanral’s decision
Sanral is proud to be voted one of South Africa’s Top Employers 2019
Rand jitters question the state’s ability to provide an economic stimulus and to continue to bail out parastatals
The government plans to merge several state-owned companies to form one broadband firm to fast-track internet access in the country
The government is pushing for legislation to overhaul South Africa’s foundering state enterprises.
An appeal court ruling shows how comparative law can go against the tenets of our democracy.
Government is allowing the construction firms that colluded on mega-state projects to get off lightly, writes Lloyd Gedye.
Protesters campaigning against e-tolling, led by Cosatu, embarked on a drive-slow that garnered both support and irritation from the public.
The road agency’s woes continue to mount with the ANC itself now divided over e-tolling.
The hot-potato issue of the unpopular gantries is due to be raised at the ANC’s Gauteng conference in Pretoria.
The national department of transport has insisted that Gauteng has no authority to review the province’s controversial e-tolling system.
Transport Minister Dipuo Peters has apologised on behalf of government for the evictions in Lwandle but called on the community to work with them.