South Africa is looking to significantly scale up its infrastructure partnership with China, focusing on modernising ports, rail, and road networks, as part of broader efforts to boost economic growth and regional integration. Deputy President Paul Mashatile made the remarks while hosting Chinese Vice President Han Zheng at the 9th South Africa–China Bi-National Commission (BNC) in Cape Town, underscoring the growing strategic importance of bilateral ties. Infrastructure at the Core of Future Cooperation Mashatile highlighted infrastructure as a priority area for expanded collaboration: “We see significant potential to further expand cooperation in infrastructure development, particularly in the modernisation of ports,…