Infrastructure Africa, Africa’s premier platform for infrastructure investment and development, will convene industry leaders, financiers, developers, and policy-makers in Cape Town from 2 – 3 March 2026 to address one of the continent’s most pressing challenges: transforming early-stage infrastructure projects into bankable, investment-ready assets.

Port of Gauteng today delivered a crucial commercial reality check to the Department of Transport (DoT) regarding its Private Sector Participation (PSP) Request for Information (RFI) results issued on 26 October. Port Developer Francois Nortjé commended the initiative, but warned the proposed framework places an “impossible economic burden” on the Durban Gauteng Freight Corridor.

South Africa’s Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Dean Macpherson and UK Minister of State Chris Bryant have signed a Memorandum of Understanding valued at nearly R10m.

Port of Gauteng has received an overwhelmingly positive response to its White Paper, confirming deep strategic alignment and commitment from major stakeholders across government and the private sector.

As fewer large dams are built, opportunities for young engineers to gain the specialised experience needed to become APPs diminish, exacerbating the skills shortage.

After dropping from 45 to 41 in 2Q2025, the FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index recovered partially to 43 in 3Q2025. The current reading means that close to 55% of respondents are dissatisfied with prevailing business conditions.

South Africa’s construction industry is undergoing a major shake-up. Public works and infrastructure minister Dean Macpherson confirmed that 40 contractors have been blacklisted by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), barring them from doing business with the department and its entities.

For Southern Africa’s largest railway sleeper manufacturer, Colossal Concrete Products (CCP), this year’s Southern African Railways Association (SARA) conference and expo in Johannesburg, was an invaluable opportunity to showcase its capabilities, identify opportunities and network with key stakeholders who are poised to make Africa’s long-awaited rail revival a reality.

The transformation of the KZN Mid-South Coast is well underway, led by the success of the visionary Renishaw Coastal Precinct.

The chief resident engineer of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP) has given assurances to government ministers in South Africa and Lesotho that good progress was being made on the construction of Polihali Dam.