Jack Van Der Merwe - Policy, Law & Economics News

Ekurhuleni aims to deploy aerotropolis to entrench ‘workshop of Africa’ status

The Gauteng city of Ekurhuleni plans to finalise its 30-year aerotropolis master plan during May, having adopted the concept as part of its Growth and Development Strategy 2055 last year. The...

SA: Statement by the Department of Roads and Transport, on post State of the Province Address (07/03/2013)

STATEMENT

The Premier in her State of the Province Address (SOPA) had highlighted a number of major freight, road and public transport initiatives to be coordinated and implemented by the Gauteng Department...

Gauteng’s aerotropolis master plan to get under way

STATE OF THE PROVINCE

The development of a master plan for the aerotropolis concept around South Africa’s busiest airport was set to get under way following the appointment of Gautrain Management Agency CEO Jack van...

SA: Nomvula Mokonyane: Address by the Gauteng Premier, on the occasion of the opening of the Gauteng Legislature, Johannesburg (25/02/2013)

SPEECH

In just over a year, we shall celebrate two decades of democracy in South Africa. It will indeed be a significant milestone in our history. In his 1994 Presidential inaugural address, former...

Gautrain arbitration case may only be resolved in 2015

GAUTRAIN

The arbitration case between Bombela and the Gautrain Management Agency has been ongoing for 18 months and will, in all likelihood, take another two years-plus to resolve, says GMA CEO Jack van der...

Longer than planned Gautrain trips limit passenger growth

GAUTRAIN

The Gautrain system is currently carrying around 40 000 train passengers a day, and between 14 000 and 16 000 bus passengers a day, says Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe....

New transport plan aims to increase Gauteng’s competitiveness

TRANSPORT

Addressing the inefficiencies of Gauteng’s rail transport sector would go a long way in relieving congestion on the province’s roads, thereby enhancing its international competiveness, Gauteng...

First Gautrain passenger trip to Park station

GAUTRAIN

The Gautrain made its first passenger run to the new Park station in the Johannesburg central business district on Thursday. Gauteng transport MEC Ismail Vadi and Gautrain Management Agency CEO...

Tunnel water issue far from resolved, warns Van der Merwe

GAUTRAIN

The issue of excessive water ingress in the tunnel between Park and Rosebank stations on the Gautrain system “remained unresolved”, said Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) CEO Jack van der Merwe...

Daily podcast - February 8, 2012

PODCAST

The ANC must rediscover its "revolutionary morality", so its leaders can be selfless, honest, and live with integrity, Cosatu said yesterday, Egyptians must overcome economic and political...

2037 Consortium appointed to draw up Gauteng transport plan

TRANSPORT

The Gauteng government has appointed the 2037 Consortium to assist it in generating a 25-year integrated master transport plan for the province, says transport plan task team leader and Gautrain...

R280m Bombela top-up likely as toll delay affects Gautrain numbers

GAUTRAIN

The Gauteng government will pay an estimated R280-million to Gautrain operator, the Bombela Concession Company, for the financial year ending March 31, as the company's income from the rapid-rail...

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UPDATE

Placing departments under administration created problems for people in Limpopo instead of helping them, the ANC Youth League (ANCYL) in the province says. "As a result of the interference by...

Daily podcast – January 17, 2012

PODCAST

Several government departments have come under fire in a report by auditor-general Terrence Nombembe who found a series of irregularities, poor financial controls and reporting by departments,...

Last leg of Gautrain route likely to open in April

GAUTRAIN

The remaining leg of the Gautrain route, running between Rosebank and Park station in downtown Johannesburg, was, as a best-case scenario, expected to open in “March, early April”, said...

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