Program for Upgrade of Infrastructure for Metropolitan Municipal Services (NDB-MUNICIPINFRASAFRICA)

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
Buffalo, Cape Town, Ekurhuleni, Johannesburg, Tshwane, eThekwini, Mangaung and Nelson Mandela Bay
Whenever identified, the area within countries where the impacts of the investment may be experienced. Exact locations of projects may not be identified fully or at all in project documents. Please review updated project documents and community-led assessments.
Financial Institutions
  • New Development Bank (NDB)
International, regional and national development finance institutions. Many of these banks have a public interest mission, such as poverty reduction.
Project Status
Proposed
Stage of the project cycle. Stages vary by development bank and can include: pending, approval, implementation, and closed or completed.
Bank Risk Rating
U
Environmental and social categorization assessed by the development bank as a measure of the planned project’s environmental and social impacts. A higher risk rating may require more due diligence to limit or avoid harm to people and the environment. For example, "A" or "B" are risk categories where "A" represents the highest amount of risk. Results will include projects that specifically recorded a rating, all other projects are marked ‘U’ for "Undisclosed."
Borrower
Government of South Africa
A public entity (government or state-owned) provided with funds or financial support to manage and/or implement a project.
Sectors
  • Infrastructure
  • Law and Government
The service or industry focus of the investment. A project can have several sectors.
Investment Type(s)
Loan
The categories of the bank investment: loan, grant, guarantee, technical assistance, advisory services, equity and fund.
Investment Amount (USD)
$ 1,000.00 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.
Loan Amount (USD)
$ 1,000.00 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.
Project Cost (USD)
$ 3,008.86 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 54000
Converted using 2025-06-13 exchange rate.
Bank Documents
Primary Source

Original disclosure @ NDB website

Updated in EWS Jul 21, 2025

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Project Description
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As stated by the NDB, the Program will support the Metro Trading Services Grant of the Government of South Africa, a performance-based incentive aimed at addressing critical infrastructure gaps and institutional shortcomings in provision of trading services in the Metros. The Program comprises three components. Component 1 focuses on improving operational performance through targeted investments in physical infrastructure and digital systems across the three trading services. Component 2 aims to enhance the financial performance of trading services, while Component 3 supports institutional strengthening including capacity building.

The Program aims to enhance infrastructure performance, financial sustainability and institutional governance across the three trading services in the eight Metros. By FY2031, the Program is expected to directly and indirectly benefit the 24 million residents of the Metros through improved service delivery, contributing to better living conditions and a stronger urban investment climate in line with the South Africa’s National Development Plan 2030.

The project implementing entity will be the Department of National Treasury of South Africa.

Investment Description
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Contact Information
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No project contacts provided at the time of disclosure.

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ACCOUNTABILITY MECHANISM OF NEW DEVELOPMENT BANK

The New Development Bank (NDB) does not currently have an independent accountability mechanism to accept complaints related to NDB-financed projects. The Bank does have a whistleblower mechanism that receives complaints about misconduct related to corruption, fraudulent practices and instances of money laundering in projects financed by the NDB and/or against the NDB staff members. To learn more about the whistleblower mechanism and how to file a complaint, access this webpage at: https://www.ndb.int/about-us/whistleblowing/.

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