BUILDING THE NATION: Public Works unveils major pivot focusing on municipal infrastructure
Minister Dean Macpherson is taking his ‘turn SA into a construction site’ energy to local government and municipal level, and leveraging the power of infrastructure development to lift our cities and metros.
Public Works Minister Dean Macpherson is spearheading a significant shift in focus for the Department of Public Works, which aims to prioritize municipal infrastructure development over national mega-projects. At the sixth annual Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium South Africa (Sidssa), Macpherson and Infrastructure South Africa (ISA) head Mameetse Masemola unveiled a strategic pivot, emphasizing the need to boost municipal infrastructure to improve service delivery and economic growth.
The goal is to mobilize an additional R1.6-trillion in capital to meet the National Development Plan (NDP) 2030 target of 30% gross fixed capital investment, which currently stands at only 13.75% of GDP.
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