Revamping Pilanesberg Airport expected to create jobs: ISA

Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) says revamping the Pilanesberg International Airport is expected to create jobs and stimulate economic growth in the North West province.

[PHOTOS] This is how Pilanesberg Airport will look after @infraSA_ prepares and packages the redevelopment project for implementation.

After the devastating fire in 2023, the airport became a symbol of infrastructure vulnerability. It will soon become a symbol of renewal -… pic.twitter.com/nzwEk7COye

— Dean Macpherson MP (@DeanMacpherson) February 20, 2026

The Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Dean Macpherson, and Premier Lazarus Mokgosi signed two landmark Memoranda of Understanding (MOUs) at the Pilanesberg Airport outside Rustenburg.

The agreements aim to fast-track the airport’s redevelopment following extensive fire damage suffered in 2023, while also strengthening infrastructure planning and delivery in the province.

Head of ISA Mameetse Masemola says under the first agreement, they will partner with the Provincial Government’s Department of Community Safety and Transport Management to provide technical support for project preparation and packaging for the airport rebuild, which is a key step in unlocking investment and accelerating implementation.

“In terms of Pilanesberg International Airport itself, the context of our entry point is the fact that we got to be working with the province to develop pair and package the project properly, ensuring that we identify the funding path ways for this and to make sure that it really serves as a catalyst for tourism growth, for regional sand economic activities in the province,” says Masemola.