Top 12 priority infrastructure projects in South Africa

Infrastructure South Africa hosted the 2025 Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium of South Africa (SIDSSA) on 26-27 May 2025 at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town. The event provided key progress updates on the country’s infrastructure pipeline.

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An LNG Import Terminal is to be built at Richards Bay. Photo: Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA)

Infrastructure South Africa

Since 2020 South Africa has had a coordinating body for infrastructure known as Infrastructure South Africa (ISA), which reports to the Presidential Infrastructure Coordinating Commission.

The biggest event in ISA’s calendar is the Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium of South Africa (SIDSSA). A highlight of the 2024 symposium, the third holding of the event, was the first publication and release by ISA of a construction book which lists all the infrastructure projects to be initiated by government and state-owned companies (SOC) during the 2024/25 fiscal year. Other highlights of SIDSSA were the unveiling of the Infrastructure Fund Pipeline and updates on the progress of the Strategic Integrated Projects as Gazetted in 2020 and 2022. 

This year, Infrastructure South Africa hosted SIDSSA on 26 – 27 May 2025 at the Century City Convention Centre in Cape Town. The event provided key progress updates on the country’s infrastructure pipeline.

During the symposium, the second edition of the Construction Book was launched, featuring over 250 projects valued at more than R268 billion—nearly double the value of the previous edition. In addition, the top seven catalytic projects were announced for project preparation support, benefiting from a first-of-its-kind R600 million funding allocation to accelerate their implementation.

Here are the ISA top 12 priority projects:

  • Healthcare Infrastructure Programme (national)
  • Education Infrastructure Programme (national)
  • Ngqura Port Liquified Natural Gas (LNG), Eastern Cape
  • Project Ukuvuselela (high-capacity rail for automotive sector), Gauteng-Eastern Cape
  • Amatola Bulk Water Augmentation, Eastern Cape
  • Nkomazi Special Economic Zone, Mpumalanga
  • Namakwa Special Economic Zone, Northern Cape
  • Liquified Natural Gas (LNG) Import Terminal (Richards Bay), KwaZulu-Natal
  • Durban Container Terminal (DCT) Pier 1, KwaZulu-Natal
  • Eskom Tubatse Pumped Storage Scheme, Limpopo
  • Rooiwal Wastewater Treatment Works Phase 2, Gauteng
  • Reinstatement of Mossel Bay GTL Refinery, Western Cape (pictured)

For more information, visit Infrastructure South Africa online: https://infrastructuresa.org/

Mossel Bay GTL Refinery at night. Photo: Petroleum Agency SA (PASA)
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