Armed gangs are disrupting construction projects in the Eastern and Western Capes, demanding to be part of the projects themselves
An SA engineering contractors’ lobby group has asked the the government to better enforce security as criminals have disrupted or vandalised R25.5bn of construction projects across the country.
In the first incident, police released the arrested perpetrators, and in the second, public-order officials took three hours to arrive, Safcec said. SA’s construction and materials index is down 25% over the past 12 months and the attacks on projects could harm President Cyril Ramaphosa’s efforts to lure $100bn of investment over five years to revitalise an economy that has not expanded at more than 2% since 2013. Poor educational skills have constrained the economy, which is struggling with an unemployment rate of almost 28%.
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