Inkosi Albert Luthuli Hospital in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
In the 1990s, the Provincial Government of KwaZulu-Natal wanted to create one of the best hospitals in the Country.
Durban Point Waterfront Development Project, Ethekwini, South Africa
The Point Waterfront plan consists of a modern, mixed-use development project covering 750,000 square meters of bulk floor area, to be undertaken in three phases over the next five to ten years.
City Improvement Districts, Johannesburg, South Africa
The City Improvement District (CID) structure used in Johannesburg City emerged from a voluntary pilot project initiated by business and property owners in Central Johannesburg in 1993.
Jozini Tiger Lodge, Jozini Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
This culminated in ten-year PPP agreement signed by all key stakeholders. Under the agreement, the municipality, as the main facilitator of the PPP, was responsible for helping with the provision of services and providing necessary approvals.
Kruger National Park, South Africa
South Africa National Parks (SANParks) is a government agency under South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs, which manages South Africa’s 19 national parks. In the 1990s, SANParks began to look to PPPs as an opportunity to reduce dependence on state grants, to transfer risks to the private sector, and at the same time allow SANParks to focus on its core function, which is wildlife conservation.
PPP – N4 Toll Concession
The N4 was financed through a combination of equity finance by the private partner, plus loan finance from a range of the major financial houses in the sub-continent – primarily from South Africa. A percentage of the finance was also provided by the Development Bank of South Africa and a mine workers pension fund. Both governments agreed to underwrite or guarantee the debt in case of TRAC’s inability to service the loan.
N4 Toll Road from South Africa to Mozambique
South Africa has an important experience in PPP projects, involving about 300 such projects on the national and provincial levels since 1994. The South African National Treasury, the body that deals with PPP projects, developed a PPP Manual to guide projects of this nature. The manual defines a PPP to be a contract between a public sector institution and a private party, in which the private party assumes substantial financial, technical and operational risk in the design, financing, building and operation of a project.
It’s a Texas Two-Step—But Who’s Leading? Building Public-Private Partnerships in South Sudan
This SmartLesson explores the difficulties and obstacles in promoting public-private partnerships as a means of strengthening the private sector and thus the country’s economy. South Sudan is considered a fragile post-conflict state and falls under IFC’s Conflict Affected States in Africa Initiative.
Toolkit: South Africa’s Good Waste Management Practises – Lessons Learned
The intention is to facilitate information sharing and learning between municipalities. An assessment of a random sample of some of the best-performing municipalities in the country including why they do so well, would give an indication of the direction that waste management services should take towards improved service delivery. The success of some of these municipalities may be duplicated in other municipalities.
Durban Water Recycling Project
Durban Water Recycling Project