Infrastructure delivery: back to basics
The National Development Plan emphasises the need to professionalise the public service — nowhere is this more essential than in the area of infrastructure delivery
The National Planning Commission (NPC) has released a scathing report on the state’s continued failure to deliver infrastructure within budget and on time, blaming its lack of professional management expertise as well as overly bureaucratised procurement processes.The report is co-authored by Ron Watermeyer, Wits University visiting adjunct professor and the director of consulting firm Infrastructure Options, and the Development Bank of SA’s Sean Phillips, who is the interim head of the implementation unit of President Cyril Ramaphosa’s blended public-private Infrastructure Fund. Phillips writes in his private capacity.The draft discussion document, which was open for public comment until this week, reviews the progress being made towards meeting the NPC’s long-term vision in the area of infrastructure delivery — and recommends course-correcting reforms to bring it back on track.Though there are many government bodies that are delivering quality infrastructure cost-effectively, the...
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