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TRAC concession kicks off R1bn construction drive

by | Aug 14, 2025 |

Trans African Concessions (TRAC) this month begins roughly R1-billion in upgrade and rehabilitation work on the N4. The N4 toll route is a build-operate-transfer road, and has to do with 570 km long. TRAC has a 30-year concession with the South African and Mozambican national roads firms to establish, keep the roadway and handle.

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Redisa calls for new waste tyre management plan

by | Aug 14, 2025 |

Waste tyre recycling organisation the Recycling and Economic Development Initiative of South Africa (Redisa) has composed to members of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, calling for immediate action on a new waste tyre management plan to help avoid an ecological and health crisis. It made this call following receipt of an increasing number of reports of illegal waste tyres being disposed and burned across South Africa.

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Transnet credit rating downgrade a ‘damning indictment’ of the utility’s failed …

by | Aug 13, 2025 |

The decision by rankings company S&& P Global to downgrade State-owned enterprise (SOE) Transnet’s credit score was frustrating news for those in business excited to see the energy performing better, Business Leadership South Africa CEO Busisiwe Mavuso has actually stated. “This downgrade is not simply a reflection of Transnet’s monetary distress [however] it is a damning indictment of years of unsuccessful management, union militancy and a government that continues to bail out SOEs without requiring basic reform,” she said in her newest weekly newsletter, on July 21.

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Johannesburg urban vehicle emissions initiative to generate data for clean air policies

by | Aug 13, 2025 |

The Real Urban Emissions (TRUE) Initiative Johannesburg task, released by the University of Johannesburg (UJ) and the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) on July 21, will use remote sensing innovation to keep an eye on emissions from automobiles in Johannesburg and the broader Gauteng region and produce data that will inform decision-making. The job belongs to the Breathe Cities effort, which gathers data on air quality from a network of 14 cities, generally in developing countries, and shares the information with all stakeholders including neighborhoods to recognize effective practices that enhance air quality, stated Breathe Cities project director Mike Saxton.

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Sanral signs R7bn loan with New Development Bank

by | Aug 13, 2025 |

The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on July 22 signed a R7-billion loan agreement with multilateral development bank the New Development Bank (NDB) to support the agency’s various toll portfolio tasks in the country. The funds would be used for roadway infrastructure jobs, with crucial road works including updating the nation’s national roads, widening carriageways, building additional lanes and other aspects connected to road facilities, Sanral board member Mahesh Fakir notified, speaking at the finalizing, which was held at the NDB’s local offices in Sandton.

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Africa Finance Corporation funds major road network improvement programme in Angola

by | Aug 12, 2025 |

African infrastructure and industrial development funding agency, the African Finance Corporation (AFC), has announced that it has disbursed €75-million out of an €85-million sovereign facility, granted to the Angolan government, through its Finance Ministry. This facility is to support major improvements to the country’s road network, specifically the construction of 186 key bridges and essential road upgrades. This programme forms part of the country’s National Development Plan for 2023 to 2027. It has created 900 direct jobs and will reduce transport costs and give easier access to markets for agricultural producers. It will also improve the efficiency, resilience and inclusivity of the Angolan transport network.

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JRA to start Phase 2 of Lillian Ngoyi street reconstruction in September

by | Aug 12, 2025 |

The Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) says the first phase of the rehabilitation project on Lilian Ngoyi street, between Harrison and Kruis streets, is on schedule to be completed by the end of August, with 86% of the construction scope already finalised. Construction of new and reinforced tunnels, as well as the backfilling and compaction works, are complete. The remainder of the project scope is progressing at the anticipated pace and includes the construction of pavement layers.

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‘Unconscionable’ to return money to Treasury instead of fixing potholes – Creecy

by | Jul 16, 2024 |

Transport Minister Barbara Creecy says “instant attention” will be provided to the “important problem” of the underspending of financing assigned to road maintenance and roadway building by both Department of Transport (DoT) entities and provincial transport departments. “In a country where residents should daily navigate the dangers of potholes it is unconscionable that we are returning money to National Treasury.”

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