Overview
- The latest government scorecard reports two thirds of reforms on track, 7% completed, about a fifth delayed, and 6% requiring intervention.
- Electricity reform advanced with an Eskom task team to set up an independent state-owned transmission company and groundwork for a credit guarantee to reduce risk for private investors in new grid lines.
- Requests for proposals for the first independent transmission projects are in preparation as officials push toward a more competitive power market and a roadmap for fixing local distribution.
- Freight logistics moved forward as Cabinet approved the National Rail Master Plan for public comment and capacity on the network went to 11 private operators, opening the way for new rolling stock purchases.
- Water oversight tightened after President Cyril Ramaphosa ordered a National Water Crisis Committee to drive the National Water Action Plan, while officials point to a decade‑high business confidence reading and a 1.3% rise in fixed investment in the quarter to December 2025.