France Is in Talks to Lend South Africa €100 Million for Cities
Power lines in Pretoria, South Africa.
Photographer: Waldo Swiegers/BloombergFrance is in talks to lend South Africa money to support a program to regenerate its rundown cities, the European country’s ambassador said.
The funding would add to the $925 million lent to the country by the World Bank to finance the South African National Treasury’s Metro Trading Services program, aimed at improving water and sanitation, electricity provision and solid-waste management services.