WORLD CUP-FUELLED EXPANSION FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S AIRPORT INDUSTRY WILL CREATE LASTING BENEFITS
August 1st, 2008
BY BILL CORCORAN
SINCE international football association FIFA awarded South Africa the right to host the 2010 world cup four years ago, the country's government has been using the event as a driving force to improve transport infrastructure nationwide.
The African National Congress-led government's commitment to using one of the biggest competitions in world sport as a means to accelerate the delivery of infrastructure can be seen in many sectors, but none more so than in the Airports Company of South Africa's (ACSA) expansion plans.
The state owned ...
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