South Africa is seeking proposals to shortlist bidders for a R390-billion grid expansion project to bolster the country’s energy security.
The department of electricity & energy invited “experienced and committed” groups to participate in a pre-qualification process for transmission projects, it said in an advertisement. The plan is to build 14 218km of transmission lines over the next decade.
“The private sector will design, finance, construct, operate and maintain” transmission lines and substations, it said. Bidders must have the “necessary technical expertise, financial capacity and proven experience required to deliver transmission capacity at significant scale and within…
Unemployment: The country has a relatively high unemployment rate, particularly
among youth, leading to social and economic challenges.

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