LETTER: Building ‘mafia’ exists because of state’s poor delivery management
The issue of local business forums disrupting construction projects is an outcome of poor infrastructure delivery management by government infrastructure agents (“‘Mafia’ adds to construction industry woes (https://www.businesslive.co.za/bd/companies/industrials/2020-01-16-mafia-adds-to-construction-industry-woes/)”, January 16).
The standard for infrastructure delivery management issued by the Treasury clearly articulates that when planning infrastructure projects, clients need to extensively conduct stakeholder engagement with local communities of where the project will be located, and this also requires establishing a plan on how locals will be empowered...
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