Gautrain: Moving communities
Through the largest Public-Private Partnership South Africa has yet seen, between the Gauteng Provincial Government and the Bombela Concession Company, the Gautrain Project is already positively changing the hearts and minds of South Africans – from the creation and sustaining of almost 93 000 direct, indirect and induced jobs during the development period to the less direct benefits of...
Read MoreGAUTRAIN DELIVERS ON JOB CREATION PROMISES TO FIGHT POVERTY
Gautrain has already exceeded several of its socio-economic development targets. To date, the Bombela Concession Company has already created or sustained more than 6 700 local direct jobs and an estimated total of more than 36 200 direct, indirect and induced jobs. Summary of SED Approach and Progress 1. INTRODUCTION Socio economic development (SED) is one of the cornerstones of the Gautrain...
Read MoreGOOD ACHIEVEMENTS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DELIVERABLES
While delivering an infrastructure project of world-class scale and standards, Gautrain remains committed to the sustainable socio-economic development of Gauteng and its people. Gautrain’s socio-economic initiatives aim to address the economic inequities inherited from the previous regime. Fighting poverty through job creation, skills development and Black Economic Empowerment programmes have...
Read MoreSEPTEMBER ACHIEVEMENTS FOR GAUTRAIN’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC INITIATIVES
Over and above the design, construction, commission, operation and maintenance of the Gautrain Rapid Rail Link project, specific socio economic objectives were defined. Skills development forms the backbone of the socio economic development (SED) strategy of the project. It includes the equity participation of black persons and black women in the entities created for the project,...
Read MoreJOBS AND DEVELOPMENT SPIN-OFFS FROM PROJECT">JOBS AND DEVELOPMENT SPIN-OFFS FROM PROJECT
Gautrain carries high hopes, not the least of which is creating, directly and indirectly, an additional two million jobs by 2025. Projections estimate that the Gautrain project has already created or sustained more than 29 400 jobs. This number was expected to increase to about 33 000 by next year. But Gautrain is also a key development driver. Project leader Jack Van der Merwe said entrepreneurs...
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The golden train will bring together the great ideas of people from all corners of Gauteng, South Africa and the world. Gautrain will bring jobs to people and people to jobs. Guided by an Environmental Management Plan, Gautrain also nurtures relationships with the communities and the natural environment affected by construction. As a Private-Public-Partnership (PPP) project between the Gauteng...
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Construction Update
- CONSTRUCTION UPDATE – JUNE AND JULY August 26, 2011A) CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION AND THE START OF PHASE 2 OPERATIONS On 02 August 2011 the second phase of the Gautrain System – the route linking Rosebank Station in Johannesburg to Hatfield Station in Tshwane – was opened for commercial service. This follows the initial launch of Gautrain services on 08 June 2010, just three days […]
Newsroom
- Media Release – 9 May 2013 May 9, 2013
- RAIL IS THE BACKBONE OF THE GAUTENG PUBLIC TRANSPORT SYSTEM March 18, 2013
- SA NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA TO PERFORM AT GAUTRAIN SANDTON STATION January 25, 2013
- GAUTRAIN OFFERS SPECIAL RATES THIS FESTIVE SEASON December 5, 2012
