{
  "id": 6010572,
  "title": "R185m, two contractors and a trail of shifting deadlines on Joburg’s Lilian Ngoyi Street",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/06/r185m-two-contractors-and-a-trail-of-shifting-deadlines-on-joburgs",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-06T18:22:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Daily Maverick",
    "slug": "daily-maverick",
    "url": "https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2026-09-06-r185m-two-contractors-and-a-trail-of-shifting-deadlines-on-joburgs-lilian-ngoyi-street/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The rehabilitation of 1.8km of Joburg's Lilian Ngoyi Street has faced numerous challenges since the third deadline for completion passed without any progress. A total of R185-million has been spent on the project, paid to two contractors, Korone Engineering and Step Up Engineering. The City of Johannesburg allocated R230-million for the entire project, which is around R128-million per kilometre, significantly higher than the average cost of major national road projects. Despite this, the project's progress has been minimal, with only 72% completed, according to the Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA).",
  "summary": "The third deadline for the rehabilitation of just 1.8km of Joburg’s Lilian Ngoyi Street has come and gone, with 80% of the cash already spent. The new deadline for completion of phase two is 31 October.",
  "key_points": [
    "R185 million spent on Lilian Ngoyi Street rehabilitation",
    "Two contractors, Korone Engineering and Step Up Engineering, involved",
    "Only 72% of the project completed after multiple deadline failures"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}