CESA Responds to Budget Speech – ‘It’s all in the Implementation’

22 February 2023 In commenting on the Budget Speech presented by Finance Minister Enoch Godongwana, Chris Campbell, CEO of Consulting Engineers South Africa stated, “Implementation, Implementation, Implementation – it is one thing to allocate funds for infrastructure spend but it helps no-one if it is not implemented to its fullest in the most value-for-money driven manner!”

While CESA agrees with the Minister that ‘Infrastructure investments lay the foundation for inclusive and sustainable growth; address supply-side constraints; and expand access to basic services’. The plan for the public sector projections to spend R903 billion on infrastructure over the medium-term is welcomed, with the largest portion of this, around R448 billion, will be spent by state-owned companies, public entities and through public-private partnerships.

While the Minister stated that the focus is not only on building new infrastructure, but also on maintaining existing infrastructure averring that while we do this, we need to ensure that it lasts long and performs to the required standard.

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