Context and method grounded in source records. Every analysis item is labelled and linked to evidence.
The March draft set 2026/27 capital spending at R5.9bn; the adopted framework reports R6.3bn. The change is a budget revision, not evidence of spending already completed.
The draft budget described multi-year programme envelopes for wastewater, water-loss reduction, electricity, housing, transport and roads. Those envelopes are not individual tenders.
TNPA says the programme covers master plans for Durban and Richards Bay. The headline investment is an estimate for the programme, not a funded contract schedule.
TNPA’s master-plan page lists current container capacity at 2.9m TEUs and planned future capacity at 11.4m across four terminal areas.
The government’s Act page records commencement as ‘to be proclaimed’. Treasury says the existing procurement framework remains until commencement and supporting regulations take effect.
A council decisions record lists two regional wastewater works for PPP delivery at a reported R2.1bn and the Southern Aqueduct at about R1.1bn. Those programme figures do not, by themselves, prove that the full amounts have been contracted or spent.