gps roundup
SA’s infrastructure boom must become an engine for skills and jobs South Africa must use major infrastructure investments not only to build physical assets, but also to develop the skilled workforce the country needs and create pathways into employment. This is the vision behind the Construction Education and Training Authority’s strategic partnership with the V&A Waterfront, where a R24-billion expansion over the next 15 to 20 years is expected to generate approximately 27 000 construction-phase employment opportunities..... Read more
Three year plan to try and save Joburg National Treasury will undertake a three-year intervention to stabilise Johannesburg, working with the Development Bank of Southern Africa and other institutions despite uncertainty around the November municipal elections. Johannesburg accounts for about 15% of South Africa’s economic output, but governance failures, weak finances and unreliable services have left the city unable to meet basic obligations. A credible turnaround would matter to industry because municipal recovery underpins essential urban infrastructure.... Read more investment in substations, rail and port upgrades. Government is also investing R24-billion a year in municipal water and sanitation grants. He explicitly called for local manufacturing of fabricated steel, pumps, valves and engineering components. .... Read more Ramaphosa: R1 trillion infrastructure drive must rebuild SA’s infrastructure sector Addressing SEIFSA at a Presidential Business Breakfast, President Ramaphosa highlighted the need for 14,000 kilometres of new transmission lines, together with
State development finance institutions push for a bright post austerity future South Africa’s development finance institutions are being positioned as an important part of the country’s post-austerity growth story, with the potential to back projects that conventional finance may be slow to support. Their role is especially relevant to infrastructure, industrial development and businesses needing patient capital to expand… Read more
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