Bedevilled

The gap between infrastructure ambition and implementation is now widening faster than the country’s power utility is able to shift its load-shedding stages from two to four. While the electricity generation shortfall of up to 6 000 MW is the most high-profile backlog not being closed, a report by Moneyweb that the South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) cancelled adjudicated tenders worth more than R17-billion sent fresh shockwaves.