South African infrastructure pipeline swells to R264bn

South Africa’s pipeline of infrastructure projects has grown five-fold since the beginning of the decade, with more than R264 billion ($16.5 billion) of work expected to enter procurement over the next 12 to 18 months, President Cyril Ramaphosa said.

The government’s so-called Strategic Integrated Projects portfolio has grown to R1.67 trillion from about R340 billion in 2020, Ramaphosa said at the third Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium in Cape Town on Tuesday.

The projects span water and sanitation, transport and logistics, energy and electricity and municipal infrastructure,

The government will also begin publishing quarterly performance reports on the projects to track their progress, the president said.

Ramaphosa is seeking to turn the project pipeline into investment as South Africa struggles to raise economic growth to levels needed to address chronic unemployment and falling living standards.

The economy grew 1.1% in 2025, its strongest annual performance since 2022.

Investment has remained a