Infrastructure Dialogues are hosted jointly by the Development Bank of Southern Africa, the South African Cities Network, the National Business Initiative, Performance Monitoring and Evaluation Department in the Presidency and Engineering News (Media Sponsor).
This Dialogue will be the first of the year 2013, and is intended to set the stage for another year of insightful Dialogue on key infrastructure sector issues. The theme has been selected on the understanding that the current and changing state of the world economy, coupled with national economic dynamics, may warrant a relook [...]
This dialogue will confront the discrepancy between municipal service expectations and delivery thereof. Public spending on ever-increasing government subsidies and the growing need among poorer communities for improved access is becoming increasingly unsustainable. The dialogue will reflect of the diagnostic process, which was well formulated in the September 2010 implementation agreement for Government’s outcome 9. [...]
A comprehensive study identifying critical challenges and issues in implementing government’s planned three-year, R800 billion infrastructure development programme has been released. The 164 page study, commissioned by the Department of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) in the Presidency and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), formed the basis of discussion by public and private sector representatives at [...]
Government must inspan short-, medium- and long-term skills development initiatives to support not only its current infrastructure programme, but to ensure sustainable economic and social development. In addition, as much emphasis needs to be placed on maintaining existing and planned infrastructure as on building new assets under the programme, which could involve expenditure of as [...]
A raft of suggestions to accelerate provision of affordable housing have been made during an Infrastructure Dialogue between public and private sector representatives. Focused on Affordable Housing Partnerships for the Future, the 18th in the series of Infrastructure Dialogues concluded that cooperation between all sectors of society was imperative in efforts to meet backlogs estimated [...]
Government and the private sector have engaged in a frank exchange of views on planning and implementation of South Africa’s new infrastructure development programme, which could involve investment of as much as R1 trillion. A new round of Infrastructure Dialogues provided government with an opportunity to unveil more information on 17 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs) [...]
The purpose of the latest Dialogue on Greening Infrastructure was to acquaint stakeholders with the imperative for a greener future and the opportunities for new green industries and economies that are at the core of enabling and sustaining humanity’s existence. The dialogue was attended by the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform, Lechesa Tsenoli, [...]
The latest Dialogue presented the results of the third Infrastructure Inputs Monitoring Project which provides a comprehensive overview of infrastructure demand and supply in South Africa. The IIMP was initiated in 2006 to assess the impact of the increase in public sector demand in the supply for key infrastructure inputs. It is specifically meant to [...]
Cabinet made a decision in December 2010 to discontinue the process of restructuring the Electricity Distribution Industry (EDI) through the establishment of Regional Electricity Distributors (REDs). In response EDI Holdings has wound down its operations and closed as of the 31 March 2011. As such the Department of Energy will review the entire electricity value [...]
This dialogue provides the platform to understand the approach adopted by the Presidency in respect of the Performance, Monitoring and Evaluation programme and explores the intention and implications of Outcome 6. Economic infrastructure comprises the internal facilities of a country that makes it possible to do business and includes communication, transportation, distribution networks, financial institutions [...]
