“Gautrain’s line to the airport will be running in time to carry Soccer World Cup supporters in 2010,” national minister of transport Jeff Radebe has promised many times. The deal with the Bombela consortium is a R25.2 billion, not-to-be-increased, fixed-price contract; Gautrain CEO Jack van der Merwe has given this assurance many times, too.
According to department of public enterprises spokesman Elvin Harris (as reported by FTW), minister Alec Erwin has approved Transnet’s port and railway master plan which has gone forward to cabinet for signing.