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South Africa boasts substantial roadway and railway systems, along with well-equipped ports and airports, a few of which are equivalent to facilities in industrialized nations. A lack of maintenance and bad management have resulted in degrading transport infrastructure, with significant repercussions, states industry association Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) CEO Chris Campbell. He discusses that inadequate roadway upkeep, as well as poor management and maintenance of road stormwater management systems, have affected the long-lasting stability of roadways. In addition, roadway safety signage and signboards are, in many circumstances, no longer visible, which presents a risk to road safety.

The South African Cabinet officially authorized the submission of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the Cape Town Convention (LRP) to Parliament for ratification, in June 2023. Formal ratification is anticipated later this year. The LRP aims to “foster financial growth by improving economic sector financing in the rail market” and the development of the protocol is “an indication of how serious the nation is about rail reform”, states Cabinet.

JSE-listed Balwin Properties inaugurated a newly constructed dual carriageway on October 6. It is hoped that the brand-new carriageway will minimize traffic congestion in the Hazeldean location in Pretoria East. According to location technology company Tom Tom’s 2022 Traffic Index, Pretoria ranks as South Africa’s a lot of overloaded city, with most locals spending an average of about 145 hours, or 6 days, in traffic jams each year, with the average time it requires to drive 10 km being 16 minutes..