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            <description><![CDATA[Johannesburg’s troubled electricity utility City Power’s infrastructure is deteriorating, its finances are precarious, much of the bulk electricity it buys never becomes revenue and it has been without permanent leadership for long periods. To turn City Power around, a new city government will need to put capable people in charge, give the utility control over its own revenue, collect what it is owed and bring in the private sector, says policy research and advocacy organisation Centre for Development and Enterprise (CDE) executive director Ann Bernstein.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Cabinet has mandated Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) to investigate the feasibility of one of the country’s development finance institutions (DFIs) becoming a minority equity partner, after endorsing its full separation from the Transnet group. Minister in The Presidency Khumbudzo Ntshavheni indicated that the option of including a DFI as a shareholder was discussed by Cabinet at its latest meeting, which included an update on the implementation of reforms aimed at improving the competitiveness of South Africa's freight and logistics system.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has confirmed that it will not meet the November 30 target deadline for the award of 241 routine road maintenance (RRM) tenders with an estimated combined value of R9.5-billion. The deadline was set after court rulings that found Sanral’s previous RRM procurement processes to be unlawful.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Civil construction business sentiment remains weak</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Civil Confidence Index decreased to 40 in the third quarter, from 43 in the second quarter, with 60% of respondents dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions. The index measuring activity growth declined to its worst level since 2022, underpinning the softer sentiment reading, FNB and the BER state.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Women are playing an increasingly visible role across the construction industry, with greater representation in project delivery, leadership, technology and engineering helping to broaden the sector’s talent pool and strengthen its ability to respond to emerging challenges. Global technology company RIB Software global marketing VP Kim Immelman says the industry has made encouraging progress in creating opportunities for women, although continued efforts to improve diversity and inclusion remain important.]]></description>
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            <title>SAISC confirms fabricating members being negatively affected by structural steel shortages</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) has confirmed that its fabricating members have experienced supply constraints following the closure of ArcelorMittal South Africa's Newcastle long-steel operations and is calling for temporary tariff relief as a bridging measure while alternative local supply is developed. CEO Amanuel Gebremeskel tells Engineering News that the consequences of the closure for the downstream sector have been significant, with shortages of structural steel products having affected the ability of fabricators to price, programme and execute projects with certainty.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Aveng appoints CEO designate</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[JSE-listed Aveng has reported that David Simpson will be stepping down from his role as interim CEO to make way for CEO designate Fraser Wyllie, who is set to begin his tenure on October 1. The announcement comes amid Aveng’s efforts to continue bolstering its operational performance and remain profitable.]]></description>
            <author>Lumkile Nkomfe </author>
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            <title>Afrimat Construction Index moves up 5% in the second quarter</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The second-quarter Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) has recorded a 5% quarter-on-quarter increase, outperforming the country’s GDP by a considerable margin. Economist Dr Roelof Botha, who compiles the quarterly index on behalf of Afrimat, says even though the index’s year-on-year increase of 0.7% was marginally lower than the 0.9% increase in GDP, it is encouraging that employment in the construction sector has increased by 95 000 since the second quarter of 2025.]]></description>
            <author>Irma Venter</author>
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            <title>Itac calls for comment on proposed new steel tariffs and rebates</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (Itac) has released preliminary determinations arising from the second phase of its wide-ranging steel tariff review, which has so far attracted significant public interest. The preliminary determinations were published on September 18, and Itac has set aside four weeks for public comment.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[An updated version of the network statement that will govern access to the South Africa’s railways system for the two financial years of 2026/27 and 2027/28 has been Gazetted by the Department of Transport and published by the Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM). Known as Network Statement Version 4, TRIM says the document has been released following a public-comment period launched in July, as well as engagements with train operating companies (TOCs), freight owners, customers, regulators, financiers, industry associations and government stakeholders.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Nearly 100 people participated in a compulsory briefing session on Friday for those wishing to bid to become the transaction adviser to the National Treasury in relation to the establishment of a fully independent State-owned Transmission System Operator (TSO), which would own the transmission assets currently falling under an Eskom subsidiary. A request for proposals (RFP) in relation to the appointment has been issued by the Infrastructure Finance and Implementation Support Agency (IFISA), which is housed at the Development Bank of Southern Africa, and a bid submission deadline of 23:55 on September 30 has been set.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Multilateral trade finance institution the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) and development finance institution (DFI) the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will each contribute $10-million to prepare high-impact, trade-enabling infrastructure and industrial projects in South Africa and the wider region. Afreximbank and DBSA will collaborate to advance high-impact projects from concept stage to bankability.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <title>Call made for extended long-steel rebate coverage amid reports of shortages</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[There are fresh moves under way to persuade government to implement additional duty rebates on long-steel products being imported into South Africa amid reports of supply shortages that have arisen after the closure by ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA) of its longs business. Following the first phase of a wide-ranging steel tariff review, duties were increased from 0% to 10% in May across all long-steel imports, including on bars, rods, wire, sections and structural steel.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <title>Infrastructure, private sector participation key to lifting SA's economic growth</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Engineering News editor Terence Creamer discusses the increasing focus on infrastructure as South Africa seeks to arrest decay and lay the foundations for a return to growth, as well as the role of private sector participation and project preparation in delivering infrastructure.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[KwaZulu-Natal provincial government business entity and special economic zone (SEZ) operator Dube TradePort Corporation is advancing plans for TradeZone Phase 3, a major expansion aimed at meeting growing demand for light industrial space in the province.  The development is in the Advanced Town Planning, Spatial Planning and Land Use Management Act (SPLUMA) approval process and is set to aid the maturation of 56 ha of developable light industrial land. ]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Bank Gospodarstwa Krajowego (BGK), Poland’s State development bank, has confirmed an allocated financing facility exceeding $1.1-billion, earmarked specifically for trade, joint ventures (JVs) and infrastructure projects across sub-Saharan Africa. A quarter of that allocation, or about $250-million, is targeted directly at South African ventures. The ‘Team Poland’ initiative brings together six State institutions – BGK, the Polish Investment and Trade Agency (PAIH), the Polish Development Fund and export credit insurer KUKE, among others – to provide financing, risk underwriting and market advisory for international expansion.]]></description>
            <author>Sabrina Jardim</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[South Africa has signed a $1-billion loan agreement with development finance institution the New Development Bank to upgrade metropolitan municipal services infrastructure as part of the Metro Trading Services Reform Programme. The MTSR is a government-led reform programme aimed at improving the governance, financial sustainability and operational performance of municipal trading services in metropolitan municipalities, particularly in water and sanitation, electricity and energy and solid waste management. The financing supports a government-led, performance-based reform programme implemented through South Africa’s existing legal, fiscal and institutional framework.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Transnet Pipelines (TPL) has welcomed the ten years’ imprisonment sentence handed down to a person last week for tampering with critical pipeline infrastructure and the theft of about 40 000 ℓ of petrol. The sentence by the Evander regional court on September 9 dates back to July 2, 2022, when TPL’s control centre detected a pressure drop on the Secunda–Kendal fuel pipeline, which prompted TPL’s security service provider Bidvest Protea Coin (BPC) to mobilise teams that immediately investigated the pressure drop.]]></description>
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            <description><![CDATA[Public consultations on the draft Network Statement Version 4, which will govern access to South Africa's national rail network for the coming two years, have been concluded and it is anticipated that the document will be Gazetted imminently. Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) CEO Moshe Motlohi tells Engineering News that the final consultations on the document were concluded with the Department of Transport (DoT) in early September, following a public-comment phase launched in early July.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Financial services firm Absa Corporate and Investment Banking has increased the financing facilities for logistics and industrial infrastructure developer Newlyn Group to R5.1-billion. Newlyn focuses exclusively on infrastructure that improves the efficiency of national supply chains through strategically located logistics parks, multimodal freight facilities and bespoke port-related developments.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Welding requires stringent quality standards to ensure the quality, safety and effectiveness of welding-fabrication structures, says technical organisation Southern African Institute of Welding (SAIW), which plays a leading role in strengthening welding quality in South Africa by implementing the ISO 3834 certification scheme and certifying companies against the standard. There are three subquality standard levels for ISO 3834: ISO 3834-2 for comprehensive quality requirements, ISO 3834-3 for standard quality requirements and ISO 3834-4 for elementary quality requirements. Companies can choose which substandard to adhere to, based on their work application processes.]]></description>
            <author>Trent Roebeck</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 11 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[Transnet CEO Michelle Phillips says the sale of a 49.99% interest in its largest container terminal last year to International Container Terminal Services had set the tone for the way in which the State-owned group would approach other private sector participation (PSP) transactions across its rail, ports, and pipelines businesses. Having faced two years of legal delay, the sale of the stake in the Durban Container Terminal Pier 2, now trading as the Durban Gateway Terminal, generated a profit on disposal for Transnet of R12.5-billion.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>TRANSNET</category>
            <pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2026 16:50:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>CEF punts three-phase redevelopment plan for shut KZN refinery</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Central Energy Fund (CEF) has again indicated that it is moving ahead with planning for a phased redevelopment of the mothballed Sapref refinery, in Durban South, which the State-owned company purchased in 2024 for R1 from previous owners BP and Shell. The crude-oil refinery was closed after being damaged during the 2022 KwaZulu-Natal floods, two years after the nearby Engen Refinery had also been shut.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>CRUDE REFINERY</category>
            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:35:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[State-owned Transnet Rail Infrastructure Manager (TRIM) is seeking private operators for 20 rail sidings across the South African rail network as part of ongoing reforms aimed at introducing private sector participation. The sidings on offer include 13 sidings in TRIM’s eastern region, comprising Pyramid South, Ngagane, Hlobane, Panbult, Rietkuil, Carolina, Klaserie, Mica, Pienaarsrivier, Bela Bela, Marikana (A), Marikana (B), and Marikana (C);  six in its western region, including Bellville Autosort, Lutzville Station, Putsonderwater, Worcester, Upington, and Orchard; and Krugersdorp in its central region.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2026 09:40:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Standard Bank, Java Capital form real estate, infrastructure financing partnership</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[Financial services firm Standard Bank and corporate finance advisory firm Java Capital have formed a partnership to create an integrated advisory, capital-raising and financing services and investment platform focused on South Africa’s real estate, infrastructure and broader real estate sectors. Real estate is an important sector in any economy, such as in the form of factories, warehouses, business centres, retail centres and housing. Through the partnership, Standard Bank aims to take an advisory-led approach to becoming a strategic adviser to businesses in the sector, Standard Bank Investment Banking head Brian Marshall said during a September 8 media briefing in Johannesburg.]]></description>
            <author>Schalk Burger</author>
            <category>PROPERTY FINANCING</category>
            <pubDate>Tue, 08 Sep 2026 15:41:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>End-2027 timeline outlined for independent Transmission System Operator</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The request for proposals (RFP) issued for the appointment of a transaction adviser to support the establishment of a fully independent Transmission System Operator (TSO) confirms that the adviser will not re-evaluate the policy decision to establish the TSO as a State-owned entity outside of Eskom and with ownership and control of the transmission network. This policy decision was reaffirmed as “feasible and in line with international best practice” in a Phase I report by the Eskom Restructuring Task Team (ERTT), and was subsequently endorsed by President Cyril Ramaphosa at the end of July.]]></description>
            <author>Terence Creamer</author>
            <category>ELECTRICITY RESTRUCTURING</category>
            <pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 14:10:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <title>Hybrid project﻿﻿’s completion brings company closer to  2030 target </title>
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            <description><![CDATA[As part of its ambition to grow its renewables portfolio to more than 1 GW of installed capacity by the end of the decade, TotalEnergies Renewables Southern Africa (TERSA) has successfully commissioned its Hydra hybrid project, in South Africa’s Northern Cape province. TotalEnergies, together with its partners independent power producer Hydra Storage Holding and investment holding company Reatile Renewables, inaugurated the project last month.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Infrastructure</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The construction and deployment of an off-grid agricultural solar-plus-storage installation for the Belle Rive Farm, near Hertzogville, in the Free State, is 67% complete and set to be commissioned in October, says advanced solar system provider RenEnergy projects head Boeta Jordaan. The project is reportedly South Africa’s largest off-grid agricultural solar-plus-storage installation in terms of battery energy storage capacity.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Infrastructure</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[The 2026 Steel Awards take place within a challenging operating environment and during industry body the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction’s (SAISC’s) seventieth anniversary year, which makes the event “particularly significant”, says SAISC CEO Amanuel Gebremeskel. “The steel construction sector is operating in a challenging environment. There are real concerns around material availability, tariff pressures, infrastructure delivery, competitiveness and consistent material quality, and SAISC is actively engaged in many of those discussions.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine James</author>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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            <description><![CDATA[To help combat the current structural steel shortage in South Africa, industry body the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) CEO Amanuel Gebremeskel says the organisation is supporting industry applications for case-by-case import tariff waiver adjudications , from the International Trade Administration Commission of South Africa (ITACItac).  Gebremeskel notes that a six-month tariff waiver was originally proposed, as a means of bridging the period until new mills are operational. However, it could not be implemented owing to the heavy domestic and international legislative and administrative burdens required to implement such a policy. As a result, SAISC pivoted to this new approach.]]></description>
            <author>Nadine James</author>
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            <description><![CDATA[Since its commissioning in June, the PV solar project at vehicle manufacturer and exporter Volkswagen Group Africa’s (VWGA's) component plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape, has successfully generated more than 180.21 MWh, saving the facility about R541 000 in electricity costs to date, while avoiding about 169 t of CO2-equivalent emissions says VWGA sustainability lead Ntsapokazi Ningiza. This project reinforces VWGA’s commitment to sustainability and renewable energy.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Infrastructure</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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The parking lot roof top solar plant at Volkswagen Group Africa's component plant in Kariega, in the Eastern Cape, is already making a dent in the company's electricity costs</image_title>
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            <description><![CDATA[The Dolphin Coast Landfill Management (DCLM) 648 kWp solar plant, operated by utility and environmental services provider Veolia, in KwaDukuza, KwaZulu-Natal, constructed by South African solar engineering, procurement and construction management company Rhino Energy Solutions, is a first for the company. Moreover, Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Deputy Minister Narend Singh publicly described the solar installation at DCLM as the continent's first landfill-based solar plant during its launch.]]></description>
            <author>Halima Frost</author>
            <category>Infrastructure</category>
            <pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 00:00:00 +0200</pubDate>
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