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he new motorway will be wide and straight and modern, and it will run through the heart of Old Cairo. (Islam Safwat/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

In Egypt, new roads, old problems

Efforts to modernise the capital Cairo’s infrastructure are running up against, and sometimes through, the city’s long history

Many streets of Phola Park village in Mpumalanga look like this. (Warren Mabona)

Mpumalanga village’s disappearing roads

“The municipality must fix these streets because we cannot live like this”

Former president Thabo Mbeki. (David Harrison/M&G)

Mbeki: Social compact the answer to promises made in ANC election manifesto

Former president Thabo Mbeki urged business and government and society to work together to tackle issues such as poverty, unemployment and poor services and infrastructure

Gatvol: Citizens march to the Union Buildings in Pretoria protesting against corruption in government. (Delwyn Verasamy)

The social contract is broken

The government misuses taxes and does not maintain our safety, justice, health and infrastructure systems. Eventually citizens will tire of the lack of delivery

The EC transport department is hard at work to ensure that gravel roads are upgraded and that strategic bridges are built

Facts and figures: 2019/2020 policy speech

‘As individuals and a collective, let us do our bit in the building the Eastern Cape we want’

Lerato Ngozwana accepted the Top Employers award on behalf of Sanral

The road to success is always under construction

Sanral is proud to be voted one of South Africa’s Top Employers 2019

Trevor Hill, head of Audi South Africa

A roadmap to premium electric mobility

South Africa needs to create market access and deliver on an operating environment which makes for good business

Turning green: Rotterdam has plans to replace the asphalt on their roads with recycled plastic.

Netherlands hits the road with plastic

Dutch city Rotterdam is willing to test a new concept of plastic for road construction, which the developers say has many advantages over asphalt.

Police are holding five people in custody after cars were set alight with petrol bombs in Kuruman.

Road tender said to be at heart of Kuruman violence

The Northern Cape, with its abundance of unpaved tracks, is riddled with disputes over the awarding of lucrative infrastructure contracts.

Government plans e-toll comeback

The government was rallying to defend its Gauteng e-tolling project, it announced on Thursday, despite mounting public fury against the plan.

Gauteng roads to get a R5bn upgrade

Provincial Minister Bheki Nkosi said in a statement that his department had entered into a partnership with its private sector partners.

Plea for patience during Jo’burg road construction

Johannesburg residents have been asked to be patient during the improvement of roads around the city.