Staff Writer  
Gauteng Provincial Government’s plans to build a new high-speed train linking the province and the Limpopo province are currently progressing well.
Delivering the 2024/25 budget speech to the Provincial Legislature, MEC for Roads and Transport Kedibone Diale-Tlabela provided updates on the status of the project.  
 She announced both governments are close to signing an agreement on the project. “We are pleased to announce that we are on the verge of signing an agreement with the Limpopo Provincial Government regarding the high-speed rail project”. She added “this agreement marks a significant step forward in formalizing our commitment and collaboration, bringing us closer to the realization of this transformative transportation initiative”.
 Both provincial governments appointed a task team to perform feasibility studies on the proposed railway line, after which it would determine the approximate cost of the project before securing a public-private partnership for funding.
Plans to introduce the new high-speed train were first introduced by Gauteng Premier Panyaza Lesufi in 2023. The goal is to link South Africa’s economic hub with one of the nation’s biggest rural provinces.
 This will, in turn, reduce congestion, attract and encourage economic growth in both provinces.
"Creating a new rail opportunity to Limpopo is a vote of confidence about the future. This future must incorporate Gauteng, and Gauteng must play a strategic role in it," said Premier Lesufi at the time.