By Akani Nkuna
The Gauteng infrastructure development department has introduced a comprehensive strategy to transform and accelerate the roll out of social infrastructure across the province.
This strategic shift is designed to accelerate the delivery of critical public infrastructure such as schools, hospitals, clinics and libraries, while ensuring faster, more efficient and accountable project delivery.
Infrastructure development, cooperative governance and traditional affairs MEC Jacob Mamabolo said on Thursday that the strategy included a unified Infrastructure and Urban Development Framework.
This would enhance intergovernmental coordination and integrate planning, funding and execution.
“This is not change for the sake of change. This is a strategic integration, bringing together DID, CoGTA and the Gauteng Infrastructure Financing Agency (GIFA), to strengthen state capacity and fulfil the premier’s directive to tackle the 13 challenges facing our province,” he said.
Mamabolo said the department was under immense pressure to deliver on projects that had not been
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