R187 billion. That's the estimated annual toll that infrastructure theft takes on the economy as it increasingly hamstrings vital services such as passenger and freight rail and electricity supply. | Fin24
It's enough to more than cover old-age and child support grants in South Africa for a year, and could pay for annual fuel levies twice over.
But it is also the estimated annual toll that infrastructure theft takes on the economy as it increasingly hamstrings vital services such as passenger and freight rail and electricity supply. Dubbed"economic sabotage", it's fast become a politicised issue as government faces intense pressure to make meaningful interventions to tackle the crisis head-on.
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