The Presidency’s Rudi Dicks, who is overseeing the economic reforms being implemented under Operation Vulindlela, says the unbundling of Eskom’s transmission business cannot be done... 

A new online portal has been launched to enable project originators and/or financiers to determine quickly whether the project being assessed aligns with the principles of South Africa’s just... 

In response to government's declaration of a national disaster following torrential rains, widespread flooding and wildfires in parts of the country, industry organisation Consulting Engineers... 

Infrastructure and contract mining group Aveng has announced that its group CE and director Scott Cummins will retire effective January 30. Aveng has appointed David Simpson interim group CE and... 

The Cape Winelands Airport has appointed Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) to take responsibility for the technical development and construction of its new R8-billion airport, set to be built in... 

The South African Photovoltaic Industry Association (SAPVIA) has added its voice to those expressing concern about the potential negative consequences arising from the revised unbundling plan for... 

As infrastructure is repaired, expanded and modernised, the metals and engineering sector stands to benefit directly from increased demand for local manufacturing, fabrication and engineering... 

Eskom has offered assurances that the power system is more stable and predictable than it has been for the past five years in light of a strong recovery in the energy availability factor, a decline... 

South Africa can unlock higher GDP growth by making progress in three critical areas, namely logistics infrastructure, local government service delivery and the effectiveness of its criminal... 

Ethiopian Airlines on Saturday officially started a $12.5-billion construction project for what officials say will be Africa's biggest airport when completed in 2030 in the Ethiopian town of... 

The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Confidence Index rose to 52 in the fourth quarter of last year, up from 43 in the third quarter. This marks the joint best... 

The 1 300 km Lobito Atlantic Railway connecting the Port of Lobito on Angola’s Atlantic coast to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) border to strengthen regional integration and improve access... 

South Africa’s State-owned Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) says its $200-million funding contribution to a larger $753-million loan agreement with the Lobito Atlantic Railway (LAR)... 

Eskom has provided further details on the distinctive roles it envisages being performed by the National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) in relation to the transmission system when... 

Construction and building information modelling software developer RIB Software is transforming the way in which large-scale projects are managed in South Africa’s construction industry.  

The R6-billion Clanwilliam Dam project, which is expected to be completed in 2029, was visited in early September by Water and Sanitation Minister Pemmy Majodina, who oversaw the progress of the... 

For the national grid to facilitate increased renewable power generation, the Department of Electricity and Energy (DEE) has affirmed that about 14 000 km of new transmission lines are required... 

Aligned with the 2024 Transmission Development Plan (TDP), State-owned power utility Eskom subsidiary National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) currently has 75 projects – at various... 

The professional body responsible for the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) operations and maintenance, the Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA), is steadily progressing the... 

To help to deliver 300-million additional litres of drinking water to residents through its New Water Programme, the City of Cape Town (CoCT) is progressing several water projects, including the... 

Blended finance to support projects that reduce greenhouse-gas emissions or reduce the risks from future climate-related events is transitional in nature, a panel of investment and development... 

The 75 MW Umoyilanga hybrid project, which combines solar, wind and battery storage technologies across two sites to produce dispatchable electricity, has taken a step closer to its full commercial... 

Absa Corporate and Investment Banking (CIB) acted as sole lead arranger and infrastructure finance structuring agent for the National Treasury’s R11.8-billion Infrastructure and Development Finance... 

JSE-listed real estate investment trust (Reit) Growthpoint has launched the new R26-million Sandton Drive Link Bridge as part of a larger effort to enhance safety, accessibility and walkability for... 

An agreement has been signed opening the way for the launch on January 1 of the much-delayed 25-year private sector participation (PSP) deal between International Container Terminal Services... 

The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA), which is set to remain an Eskom Holdings subsidiary and owner of the transmission assets, has moved to explain the role of the... 

A new Eskom unbundling strategy, which uncouples the grid assets from the system operator role to be performed by a separate and yet-to-be-established transmission system operator (TSO), has been... 

The National Treasury has successfully raised nearly R11.8-billion through South Africa’s inaugural Infrastructure and Development Finance Bond, marking a major step in financing priority public... 

The Cape Winelands Airport has appointed Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon (WBHO) to take responsibility for the technical development and construction of its new R8-billion airport, set to be built in... 

The FNB/BER Building Confidence Index jumped to a 10-year high of 43 in the fourth quarter of this year, up from 35 in the third quarter. However, despite the uptick, the current index level still... 

Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson has confirmed that the Integrated Social Facilitation Framework (ISFF) that is being developed as a national framework to guide stakeholder... 

Following thorough investigations of a range of options for the separation of New Zealand-based infrastructure construction company McConnell Dowell, JSE-listed construction and engineering company... 

Making headway in the Namibian energy sector, renewable-energy solutions provider Sustainable Power Solutions’ (SPS’s) latest project – the 10 MW Maxwell solar power plant – is a wheeling project... 

South Africa’s construction and infrastructure sector enters 2026 with a rare window of opportunity. The Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS), delivered by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana... 

South Africa’s infrastructure recovery will continue to stall unless government, industry and professional bodies shift from problem-identification to concrete implementation, engineering...