South Africa needs to invest $5.7 trillion by 2050 in transportation, energy, water, sanitation, and housing infrastructure to support the development of rural and informal areas. Mameetse Masemola, Acting Head of Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), stressed this at the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium. Since 2020, ISA has been fostering public-private partnerships to speed up infrastructure […]
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