Wednesday, May 23, 2007

S.African minister calls monorail deal a surprise

(Reuters) - A plan to build a $1.7 billion dollar monorail system around South Africa's business hub was announced without the transport ministry's approval, Transport Minister Jeff Radebe said on Wednesday.

Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg, last week unveiled the monorail project, which would see a Malaysian-led consortium invest 12 billion rand to build a monorail system between the black township of Soweto and Johannesburg.


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