The National Transmission Company South Africa (NTCSA) has appointed 19 overhead-transmission line contractors to three separate supplier panels as it moves to position itself for a R32-billion build programme over the coming eight years. The companies were selected following a tender issued in May 2023, with five of the companies having been appointed to an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) panel, nine to a procurement and construction panel, and 17 to a construction panel.