Limpopo Central Hospital Project (NDB-LIMPOPOCENTRALHOSP)

Regions
  • Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Countries
  • South Africa
Geographic location where the impacts of the investment may be experienced.
Specific Location
Polokwane, Limpopo Province
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Financial Institutions
  • New Development Bank (NDB)
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Project Status
Proposed
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Bank Risk Rating
U
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Borrower
Government of South Africa
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Sectors
  • Education and Health
  • Infrastructure
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Investment Type(s)
Loan
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Investment Amount (USD)
$ 241.62 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 4500
Converted using 2025-04-22 exchange rate.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 241.62 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 4500
Converted using 2025-04-22 exchange rate.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 271.05 million
Value listed on project documents at time of disclosure. If necessary, this amount is converted to USD ($) on the date of disclosure. Please review updated project documents for more information.
Currency conversion note:
Bank reported 5048
Converted using 2025-04-22 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ NDB website

Updated in EWS Aug 5, 2025

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Project Description
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According to the NDB, South Africa’s public hospitals face significant challenges such as inadequate infrastructure and equipment, understaffing, medicine shortages and long waiting times due to resource constraints. There are also geographical inequalities in healthcare resources amongst the provinces, with Limpopo province experiencing one of the largest deficit in tertiary care beds.

The proposed Limpopo Central Hospital in Polokwane, capital city of Limpopo Province, is a critical response to address the above challenges. The Project includes the construction of a new hospital that will provide the tertiary medical care for the province and will also be the major teaching hospital for the University of Limpopo Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Medicine.

The Project comprises 488 tertiary beds medical care capacity for a range of highly specialized care. It has 17 operating theatres, including for burns, obstetrics, cardiac and trauma care, two of which will have attached teaching room. Clinical support services will include X-rays, MRIs and CTs, laboratories, blood bank, pharmacy, lodging facilities, etc.

As a major teaching hospital, academic facilities for training healthcare professionals are also included in the Project.

The project implementing agencies will be the National Department of Health and The Development Bank of Southern Africa.

Investment Description
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As stated by Bloomberg, the Development Bank of Southern Africa Limited (DBSA) operates as a government development bank. The Bank offers socio-economic development to improve the life of the people by providing financial and non-financial investments in the social and economic infrastructure sectors. Development Bank of Southern Africa serves customers in South Africa.


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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK

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