By Staff Reporter
South Africa’s infrastructure drive must include regional integration and public-private cooperation for it to be a success, according to Minister in the Presidency for Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation, Maropene Ramokgopa
She told a Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (FEM) construction industry breakfast that there had been momentum around turning South Africa into a construction site and realising the vision President Cyril Ramaphosa of infrastructure being a “flywheel for development” in the country.
Ramakgopa said partnerships were critical to mobilising resources, and they must lead to cooperation agreements that accelerate the development and implementation of key infrastructure projects.
Following the recent adoption of the second phase of Operation Vulindlela, the government was actively and continuously engaging the private sector, research and academic institutions, civil society and labour to deepen collaboration to accelerate development, the minister said.
These engagements were also aimed at enhancing the state’s monitoring and evaluation
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