By: Dennis Ndaba 11th February 2011 It is easy to be critical of municipalities with declining service delivery and increasing charges, but the municipal system is highly complex, says eThekwini infrastructure planning strategic executive Ken Breetzke. “The challenge is to align the thinking of senior management across the organisation, otherwise coordinated strategy fails,” Breetzke told
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Participants gathered at the monthly Infrastructure Dialogues series at the Development Bank of Southern Africa agreed that while public infrastructure is important, the management of that infrastructure by the local authority was perhaps even more important, and should be built into plans at the initial stages. The discussion centred on the role of public infrastructure
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There has been an increase in reports of deteriorating infrastructure in municipalities across South Africa, which highlights the critical need to maintain existing infrastructure to sustain and support public service delivery and boost economic growth in the future. In response to massive service backlogs and recent widespread protests against inadequate service delivery, the government has
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South Africa needs about R473-billion for backlog eradication, upgrading, growth and expansion, rehabilitation and the replacement of 
existing municipal infrastructure, PDG consultant Kim Walsh said at the inaugural Infrastructure Dialogue. The meeting focused on the Municipal Infrastructure Investment Framework (MIIF) and was held at the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) last week. Besides other
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The first of what is set to be a series of “Infrastructure Dialogues” to be hosted jointly by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Support Programme for Accelerated Infrastructure Development (Spaid), will take place on Thursday, June 25. The discussion will focus on the ‘Municipal Infrastructure Investment Framework (MIIF)’ and will take
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