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Engineering News – Maintenance should form part of infrastructure development plans

Jul 20th, 2010 | By brenda

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
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Engineering News – Govt acknowledges municipality maintenance problem – official

May 20th, 2010 | By admin

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,
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Engineering News – Many more resources needed to eradicate municipal backlogs by 2014

May 20th, 2010 | By admin

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
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Engineering news – Inaugural infrastructure dialogue to focus on municipal programme

May 20th, 2010 | By admin

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
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